The spotlight on prized high school running back Bryce Brown grew brighter as the Scout.com No. 1 recruit visited Baton Rouge this weekend.Brown spent the weekend visiting the LSU coaching staff, players and campus.The Scout.com five-star recruit arrived in Baton Rouge on Friday and told Potentialplayers.com, the Web site representing the recruit, he liked how the LSU coaching staff was planning to use him.The running back and his father met for dinner with LSU coach Les Miles and toured the Cox Communications Center for Student Athletes Saturday.”This is the best Academic Center that I’ve seen on all my visits,” Brown said on Potentialplayers.com. “I like their plan for all students, not just the football players.”The Wichita, Kan., native also met LSU offensive line coach Greg Studrawa.”Coach [Studrawa] went over their daily strength program and showed me how he would help me be the best I could be,” Brown told the Web site. Brown talked with Miles about the Southeastern Conference and Brown’s possible role as a Tiger.”We discussed the success and the competition in the SEC and how they get their players ready for the next level,” the running back told the site. “I was very impressed and intrigued by what LSU had to offer, and it made me think about what I could offer them.”Brown did not sign on National Signing Day on Feb. 4 and has yet to make a decision. He was a long-time verbal commit to Miami, but his relationship with the Hurricanes has been rocky. Brown’s brother, Arthur Brown Jr., is a linebacker for Miami but may be unhappy playing for the Hurricanes, according to Sonny Shipp, Louisiana recruiting analyst for Scout.com.Bryce Brown has not made an official visit to Miami and had planned to visit Miami next weekend, but a death in the Brown family may change those plans. The delayed decision of the running back has caused controversy, and legal charges may be next.Bryce Brown’s mentor, Brian Butler, who runs Potentialplayers.com and has been a spokesperson for Brown, is under NCAA investigation, according to The New York Times.Potentialplayers.com initially charged customers for updates on recruits but has since changed its policy.Bryce Brown would be the second running back in LSU’s 2009 recruiting class, joining five-star running back Michael Ford of Leesville High School. The 6-foot running back rushed for 1,872 yards and 30 touchdowns at Wichita East High School his senior season.”The [LSU coaching] staff would definitely like to have another running back,” Shipp said. “He would come in and provide some depth.”LSU, Miami, Kansas State, Tennessee and Oregon are the top contenders for the prized running back. according to recruiting experts.Bryce Brown plans to announce his choice March 16 at the Kansas Hall of Fame.—-Contact Michael Lambert at [email protected]