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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Five-star recruit Matt Elam chose to attend Kentucky over Alabama. (Photo courtesy of 247Sports)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Five-star defensive tackle Matt Elam committed to the University of Kentucky on Thursday, choosing the Wildcats over Alabama.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elam\u00A0a 6-foot-5, 370-pound lineman from John Hardin High School\u00A0in\u00A0Elizabethtown, Ky., is rated the nation's No. 3 defensive tackle by 247Sports. Elam had scholarship offers from Ohio State, Notre Dame, Tennessee and Louisville, among others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Rivals100: Class of 2014 recruiting rankings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elam, who played in the U.S. Army All-American game, made an unofficial visit to Kentucky this past weekend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rivals.com now ranks Kentucky's incoming class at No. 13 in the country, ahead of Texas, Penn State, Oklahoma, Stanford, USC and Michigan.&lt;strong&gt;STAPLES: All-Name Team: Best monikers in the 2014 recruiting class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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