One of Alabama's incoming freshmen may have to wait a little longer before being able to join the Crimson Tide.

Four-star defensive back Josh Jobe, a Florida native who finished his high school career at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, is still in the process of trying to qualify academically in time to be able to enroll in May.

Cheshire's graduation is this weekend, so Alabama should have a good feel regarding Jobe's status in the coming days.

"It's all coming down to the wire," Cheshire coach David Dykeman said. "He's done a great job here this year. I think he's really grown academically and had some success. It's going to be close. But I'm confident he'll make it."

It will depend on a couple of Jobe's final grades, Dykeman said.

Those grades will determine whether Jobe has to do some work this summer such as taking a summer class before being able to enroll at Alabama.

"But the hope is that he won't have to," Dykeman said.

Not being able to enroll until later in the summer would be less than ideal for both Jobe and Alabama, especially since he appears to have a decent shot of being a part of the Tide's defensive back two-deep this season.

It could be worse, though.

Even if Jobe isn't able to enroll in May, the expectation for Dykeman is that he'll still be able to join the Tide at some point this summer.

"I think worst case is that he may have to do a little summer work to get there," Dykeman said. "But again, I'm pretty confident that he's going to be OK (to enroll in May)."

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.