re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

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Five-star cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart will now visit Alabama on Jan. 26-28 instead of Georgia, the La Mesa (Calif.) Helix product announced on Twitter Monday night.

Taylor-Stuart, one of the Crimson Tide's top remaining targets in the 2018 class, has already officially visited both Texas A&M and USC. He has a visit to Tennessee set up for Feb. 2 and plans to reschedule the Georgia trip.

The change in schedule is significant in the fact that Alabama is now guaranteed a weekend trip. The nation's No. 2 cornerback is currently in Hawaii for the Polynesian Bowl and will be unable to take a visit this upcoming weekend, which leaves just two more if he is going to decide by National Signing Day.

Taylor-Stuart told BamaOnLine at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl that the Tide would "for sure" receive an official visit after having to cancel the trip to Tuscaloosa he had set for Dec. 15-17 since his high school was playing in the state championship.

The Tide was at one point Taylor-Stuart's leader in 2016 before dropping from the top spot as more schools got involved. UA will now have a chance to reposition itself atop the five-star's list.

“Honestly, I’ve just got to take the official visit back there and go from there and everything,” Taylor-Stuart told BOL of how the Tide can retake the lead. “Ask the players how do you feel, do you like being here, is it worth it, things like that.”

Currently the Crystal Ball says USC leads followed by Texas A&M and then Alabama.

It's co-defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi who Taylor-Stuart told BOL he hears from the most. The Tide will now be aided in pursuit in that new assistant Jeff Banks was Taylor-Stuart's primary recruiter for the Aggies.

At 6-foot-2, 187 pounds, Taylor-Stuart is rated the No. 26 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.

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