’27 Brian Dickerson, Jr. is leading his Lions on quite a hunt for survival in the Derby City
Brian Dickerson, Jr. is quite the physical specimen. Dickerson stands 6’4″ tall, weighs around 200-pounds, and after Thursday night’s beat down of Marion County, has his team standing at 3-1 and wondering just how far the Lions can take this thing. Dickerson threw for 1,500-yards and 18-TDs over his junior season and looks poised to have even better numbers at the end of this year. The Lions have something else which recommends it to young players in the Derby City looking for a program at which to land…they have a 62-million dollar stadium called “The Kingdom” in which to highlight talent and pursue championships. One pride, one brotherhood, indeed!
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Associate Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Louisville, KY: William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868. Du Bois became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895.
Du Bois also graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1888, where he first experienced the harsh realities of Jim Crow segregation in the South. Du Bois co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and served as the editor of its influential magazine, The Crisis, from 1910 to 1934.
Du Bois accomplished and achieved greatly in his remarkable lifetime. Du Bois’s life example demonstrates what an education can accomplish for even disadvantaged portions of our American society.
That is why we are naming academies for W.E.B. Du Bois; right now, 63 or so years after his passing. Schools aren’t just named for anyone.
There is another Dubois which is starting to drum up some attention and this one is garnering attention athletically, particularly in the high school football industry across Kentucky. W.E.B. Dubois Academy is a school in the Derby City playing KHSAA football at the 2A level. This year (2026), The Lions are playing football darned well.
It won’t be long before this program is factoring into commonwealth-wide, title contention at its level of play. Remember from where you first heard this!
The Lions stand at 3-1, just a couple points from 4-0. Dubois is proving itself to be a mighty tough out with a roster full of really good athletes turning into football players before our very eyes.
The Lions are 3-1, just a few points away from 4-0
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Ask Marion County. They may have some thoughts on the topic.
It wasn’t long ago that Coach George Durant Jr. had his program practicing on asphalt parking lots and poorly manicured fields. Now the Lions from W.E.B. Dubois Academy practice and play on a 62-million dollar facility built just for them.
The Lions, behind its ’27 long, tall, drink of QB’ing water, Brian Dickerson Jr, find themselves sitting at 3-1 on the year and having just won its first game in “The Kingdom,” what they call their magnificent home field. They are one pride, one brotherhood, and appear to be one well-coached, efficient, and effective football team.
Dickerson is coming off a fine junior season. Last season, Dickerson threw for around 1,500-yards through the air with 18-passing TDs against only four (4) thrown picks.
So far this year, Dickerson looks to be on pace to shatter all of those Junior campaign marks. A nearly five to one, TD to INT ratio, is darned efficient for a HS signal caller. Couple that with an enviable 6’4,” 200-pound frame and you have what we call around the magazine, “a Saturday player.”
The future is certainly bright at the Dubois Academy. They have enviable facilities, institutional and district buy-in, outstanding coaching and player development. Basically, if you’re the parent of a middle school football player looking for an outstanding program in which to enroll your player, may we suggest Dubois?
It seems to be working out just fine for Dickerson, Coach Durant, and the remainder of the Lion Pride.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball; reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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