Five-star defensive tackle Matt Elam's mother willing to move if son picks Alabama (report)

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Five-star defensive lineman prospect Matt Elam will choose between Kentucky and Alabama on Thursday. (Photo courtesy of 247Sports)

Kentucky's home-field advantage in its recruitment of five-star defensive tackle

Matt Elam

might not be as strong as it appears.

According to a

Tuesday report from the Louisville Courier-Journal

, Elam's mother would be willing to move to Alabama if Elam ultimately picked the Crimson Tide over the Wildcats.

The report cited comments from Elam's coach at John Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, Ky.,

Chad Lewis

, who has been by Elam's side throughout his whirlwind recruitment.

Elam, who made an unofficial visit to Kentucky this past weekend, is set to announce his college decision Thursday. Kentucky's coaches will visit with Elam today while Alabama's

Kirby Smart

,

Lance Thompson

and

Bo Davis

will meet with him early Thursday,

according to the report

.

Elam, at 6-foot-5 and 375 pounds, is rated the nation's No. 3 defensive tackle prospect and No. 21 overall prospect by 247Sports. If he commits to Alabama, he would be the fifth defensive tackle in the Crimson Tide's 2014 class.

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