If Luke Matthews is as skilled on the football field as he is at describing why he made Utah his college football choice, the Utes will have another dandy on their hands.

Matthews, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound athlete from Desert Vista High in the Phoenix, Ariz., area, orally committed to Utah earlier this week.

"It's my kind of place," he told The Recruiting Trail. "I found my comfort zone there."

The Utes beat the Pac-10's Stanford for Matthews, who carries a 3.7 grade point average. He visited Stanford on Sept. 21, then visited Salt Lake City a few weeks ago when the Utes were playing San Diego State.

"I talked about it with my parents for a long, long time and just decided that Utah was the best choice," he said. "I couldn't go wrong, either way."

Also, Utah was the lone school that recruited him primarily as a receiver, Matthews said.

"I just like offense better. What can I say?" he said.

He has caught 13 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns this season for his 5-4 team, and has carried the ball 42 times for 279 yards and six TDs.

The senior also had scholarship offers from seven other Division I schools, he said.