By LEE BRECHEEN, Louisiana Football Magazine
Cory Brown plays both ways at tackle and gets in some snaps at noseguard for the North Caddo Titans, and he’s good at it.
He’s also a king.
As in the North Caddo High School Homecoming King.
It’s not every day you see a star football player crowned on game day as the Homecoming King.
Brown is a busy big fellow. At 6-1, 300 pounds, he never leaves the field.
At the Titans’ Homecoming game, he was still on the field at halftime.
‘Being selected as Homecoming King and being a football player at the same time can be pretty overwhelming, because you’re guaranteed to be busy all the time,” he said, “but the good side about it is that you get a lot of love and popularity from it.”
That honor makes him unique among at the very least, Class of 2026 college prospects in the local area. But what makes him a prospect?
This kid is self-made. With hard work and determination he has become perhaps the best lineman on his team.
Brown has the feet to be a starter in college either as an offensive guard or defensive tackle or noseguard. What’s most impressive — he really can move really well for someone 300 pounds.
He is the poster boy for sleeper recruits in the Shreveport-Bossier region.
Brown also excels in the classroom with a GPA of 3.3. His cousin Omarion Miller, a former star at North Caddo, is a current starter at wide receiver for Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder.
Cory used to play basketball and was pretty good but decided to concentrate on football. He is very self-aware as he looks ahead in his playing career.
“As a football player I need to work on my speed and really getting in better shape and also improve my footwork for college football,” he said. “My offensive line coach Marc Brock is a great coach because he pushes us to our limits and never sugarcoats anything. My defensive line coach Louis Dennis III is a great coach too also because he pushes us to be real men and handle responsibilities in the real world,”
Brown is in the conversation with a few colleges about his future, but doesn’t yet have any firm offers. I believe he will find a few doors open. He also has his options open with a general idea of what his post-football future might be.
“I grew up liking LSU mainly just because of how they represent Louisiana and the state in football,” he said. “I would like to possibly major in either business management or physical education, which are two big options for me when I think about my future.”
Brown is a fairly typical teenager when it comes to his free time.
“When I am not playing football I like to play video games,” he said. “I like really just chilling and making great memories with my family and friends.”
His personal Game of the Year is coming up Friday night.
The high school I look forward to playing the most would be Green Oaks, just because they are chippy and big-time competitive to play against,” he said.
Green Oaks’ mascot is the Giants. They will have to face off against a giant in the middle of the Titans’ front lines this Friday night.
Contact Lee at lbrecheen@aol.com
(Lee Brecheen is the longtime publisher of Louisiana Football Magazine, covering all of the state’s high school teams each year since 1997. He’s been tracking high school recruits since 1992. Free content can be found at the website lafootballmagazine.com. Lee hosts a podcast with guests from around the state — The Sports Scouting Report with Lee Brecheen, available on YouTube.)