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Jaelyne Matthews, 2025 4-star OT out of New Jersey, announces Big Ten commitment

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Jaelyne Matthews, a 6-foot-5 and 290-pound offensive tackle out of Toms River, New Jersey (Toms River North), has decided to play in the Big Ten.

Matthews is a 4-star recruit in the Class of 2025 and ranked the No. 5 offensive tackle in the class, and the No. 1 recruit in the state of New Jersey, according to the 247Sports Composite. His other finalists were Georgia, Miami, Ohio State and Rutgers.

Matthews announced on social media that he’s “107%” committed. He reportedly had an unofficial visit to Penn State on Saturday. He previously told 247Sports what would be a deciding factor about his decision.

“It was more a relationship built with the coaches, and more of my preference of where I want to go academic-wise, and the style of football,” he said. “I know you don’t just go off of buildng a relationship with a coach, but it was them coming to my school, checking up on me, and things like that. It was more about a family tie, which I said at the beginning of my recruitment was a really big deal for me.”

Here are his highlights from Hudl:

Keith Farner

Keith Farner has written about college football for newspapers and web sites since 2005.