"I have decided to push my decision back," said Brown. "I just want to take a few more visits and make sure before I commit somewhere. I am just not ready yet."
No visits have been scheduled yet, but they likely will come later this month or early in June, once Brown completes his junior year. He knows he will travel to Baton Rouge and Oxford. "I have been talking to Ole Miss and LSU coaches every day for a while now and I want to get out to visit both schools.
"Coach [Maurice] Harris from Ole Miss has been talking to me a lot about their offense and how they want to bring a more versatile tight end back in. They had Evan Engram a few years ago and they want to bring another one in like that. Coach has been telling me that I am the type of tight end who can help expand their offense.
"With LSU, I grew up watching them and Alabama a lot and I love their intensity. They play tough, they play to win and that stands out. I talk to coach [Steve] Ensminger and he's been telling me about how he wants to bring the tight end back into their offense more. "I don't really know too much about either school yet, so that is why I need to get out there for visits." Both the Tigers and the Rebels are playing a little catch up. Another school in the SEC may hold the edge.
Tennessee offered Brown earlier in the recruiting process and they Vols have had him on campus four times this year already. He has established relationships there and he's very comfortable in Knoxville. "Tennessee is definitely still high on my list," said Brown. "Nothing has changed there. I have been high on them for a while. Coach [Jeremy] Pruitt is going to turn that program around I think. "They have some real history there, they have produced some tight ends and playing in a stadium like Neyland would be great, so I am still looking hard at Tennessee."
Auburn is another school Brown has been high on. They picked up a commitment over the weekend from Tyler Fromm, another tight end in Georgia, so we will see if that changes things on either side moving forward. Brown said he now plans to make a decision before his senior year. He said "late July" when asked for a timeline.