{"id":334917,"date":"2023-09-29T15:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=334917"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:00:04","slug":"jaelyne-matthews-talks-about-decommitting-from-penn-state-relationship-with-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=334917","title":{"rendered":"Jaelyne Matthews talks about decommitting from Penn State, relationship with Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Class of 2025 recruit Jaelyne Matthews opened up his recruitment three weeks ago. A consensus four-star recruit, Matthews had been committed to Penn State since February.<\/p>\n<p>But now, Matthews has a wide-open recruitment. A 6-foot-5, 273-pound offensive tackle from Toms River North (Toms River, N.J.), <a href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/2022\/09\/16\/rutgers-football-recruiting-jaelyne-matthews-commits-to-the-2025-under-armour-all-america-game\/\">Matthews is committed to play in the Under Armour All-America Game.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is taking <a href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/2023\/09\/29\/four-star-jaelyne-matthews-a-former-penn-state-commit-will-visit-rutgers-football-on-saturday\/\">a visit to Rutgers football on Saturday<\/a>. Rutgers was the first Power Five offer for Matthews. It came when he was a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of his de-commitment from Penn State, Matthews said that he wanted to pump the break on his recruitment a little bit, feeling that the process. Shortly after his decision to re-open his commitment, he received an offer from <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com\/\">Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like I did it too quick,&#8217; Matthews told USA TODAY&#8217;s High School Sports. &#8220;And I should look around a little.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/prospects\/2025\/jaelyne-matthews-280669\">He holds Power Five offers from<\/a>\u00a0Boston College,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/\">Georgia<\/a>, Louisville, Maryland, Miami,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/\">Nebraska<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nittanylionswire.usatoday.com\/\">Penn State<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/\">Rutgers<\/a>, Syracuse, <a href=\"https:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/\">Tennessee<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>, Vanderbilt and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/georgia\/article\/georgia-bulldogs-jaelyne-matthews-visit-football-recruiting-216993651\/\">Matthews took an unofficial visit to Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He witnessed a 49-21 win by Georgia over AUB. He cites a strong relationship with Fran Brown, the Bulldogs&#8217; safeties coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I love that school,&#8221; Matthews said of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing not to love about it except no pizza, no bagels and no WaWa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New Jersey <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/nj-pizza-ny-ct-nyc\/10327237\/\">has the self-proclaimed best pizza in the country<\/a>. The state may have a point.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the top pizzas in the country are located in New Jersey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/travel\/experience\/food-and-wine\/2019\/09\/23\/pizza-best-pizzerias-in-america-new-york-chicago-wood-fired\/40067937\/\">according to USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the Nittany Lions, Matthews said that &#8220;PSU is still in the running.&#8221; As for cutting down his list, that doesn&#8217;t appear likely anytime soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have a top schools list right now,&#8221; Matthews said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Jaelyne Matthews discusses his decision to de-commit from Penn State.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334918,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334917\/revisions\/334918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}