If you want proof that context matters in NFL Draft evaluation, look no further than Christen Miller’s career arc at Georgia. He arrived in Athens as a four-star recruit and spent his first two years buried behind first-round picks Jordan Davis, Devonte Wyatt, and Jalen Carter — three players who all heard their names called on Day 1.
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LSU basketball blows a 15-point lead in first half and falls to Georgia at home
The LSU basketball team’s hopes for an NCAA Tournament at-large berth are slipping away quickly.
The Tigers were unable to capitalize on a big opportunity as they fell 83-71 to Georgia on Saturday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Bulldogs snapped their three-game losing streak in the process.
Max Mackinnon had 26 points, five rebounds, four assists and made all 10 of his free throws for LSU.
LSU point guard Dedan Thomas missed a second straight contest and his seventh game overall. He reaggravated a left foot injury Jan. 28.
Coach Matt McMahon was pleased with his team’s strong start, leading by as many as 15 points in the first half. He mentioned how it had nine assists to only two turnovers after the first 10 minutes.
The fast start would not last, though.
“I thought the difference in the game, two things,” McMahon said. “Number one, after the nine-to-two assist-to-turnover ratio, we were three (assists) to 12 (turnovers) the rest of the game. And then, after only giving up four (offensive) boards in the first half, we give up 12 in the second half. A lot of them led to dagger threes, and they made us pay in the fight and pursuit for those 50-50 plays.”
Mackinnon started the game aggressively, taking four shot attempts in the first three minutes. He made three shots, with two coming from downhill drives for scoop layups and one 3-pointer.
The Portland transfer also drove and passed to a cutting Pablo Tamba, who made a layup. Mackinnon scored or assisted on the first nine points for LSU (14-9, 2-8 SEC).
The senior’s strong opening helped LSU take a 13-4 lead at the first media timeout. Mackinnon didn’t cool off after the break as he came off a screen to make a 3-pointer. A couple of minutes later, he dribbled through a full-court press, drove to the hoop, spun in the paint and kicked the ball out to Marquel Sutton for a corner 3-pointer. The Omaha transfer finished with 14 points and five rebounds.
PJ Carter, a 6-foot-4 senior guard, then made back-to-back 3-pointers early in possessions. The second 3 was a few feet above the arc and was spurred by a recovery block from behind by Robert Miller. The field goal gave LSU a 31-16 advantage, its largest lead, with 9:47 remaining in the first half.
Georgia (16-7, 5-5) started to play a full-court press to disrupt LSU’s comfort offensively around the 12-minute mark. That helped the Bulldogs match the intensity as they fought back.
Kanon Catchings was the early go-to option for the Bulldogs. The 6-8 wing made his first four shots, including three 3-pointers. He closed the game with 22 points.
Georgia entered halftime making seven of its last 10 shots. It forced a few LSU turnovers and had two consecutive steals that led to transition dunks, giving the Bulldogs a three-point lead with 25 seconds left before halftime, and Georgia entered the break up 42-37 after an 11-0 run.
Senior Rashad King replaced Thomas in the starting lineup. In his fifth game as a starter, the transfer from Northeastern has averaged 11.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and shot 53.6% overall.
The senior didn’t have as strong of an outing against Georgia. King had zero points, four assists and three turnovers.
The Bulldogs continued applying full-court pressure and remained more physical in their half-court defense. LSU had chances to push after stops, but it had self-inflicted mistakes. One example was an alley-oop miss from Georgia, but King threw an outlet pass to a guarded Tamba for a turnover. That mishap led to a 3-pointer by Georgia’s Blue Cain, who gave his team a 48-41 lead with 17:42 left.
Other times, LSU didn’t stay as connected on cutters and allowed more offensive rebounds with Miller playing center. Georgia had four offensive boards in the first seven minutes of the second half. It had that amount in the entire first half.
“Sometimes people were put in rotations and missed box outs,” Mackinnon said about the poor rebounding. “I know I miss box outs. They’re good athletes. Sometimes can’t win a jumping contest. You gotta hit first. “
Starting LSU center Mike Nwoko played only 15 minutes as he battled foul trouble. He fouled out with 5:22 left in the game and had eight points and five rebounds.
After Nwoko fouled out, Georgia pummeled LSU on the offensive glass. The extra chances energized the Bulldogs, who expanded their lead to 77-60 with 4:15 remaining. McMahon said Nwoko’s foul trouble “made it tough” for the Tigers. The junior was coming off a 21-point outing in LSU’s previous five-point overtime win at South Carolina.
LSU’s next game will be its second meeting against No. 21 Arkansas at 8 p.m. Tuesday. In the first contest at Arkansas, the Tigers lost 85-81.
(WSAV) — The man accused of shooting and killing three people in Dekalb County April 13 was found dead in his jail cell, officials confirmed Monday night.
Olaolukitan Adon-Abel was found unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:48 p.m., a Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said. Life-saving measures were performed, according to officials.
He was pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m.
Adon-Abel was charged with malice murder, aggravated assault and firearms counts in connection to the shooting deaths of Prianna Weathers, Tony Mathews and Lauren Bullis.
In 2025, Adon-Abel plead guilty in Chatham County Recorder’s Court to multiple misdemeanor counts of sexual battery for groping women in Chatham County under the name Adon Olaolukitan.
According to court documents, he was banned from Savannah for four years and ordered to undergo a psychosexual evaluation.
The official cause will be determined by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office, and a standard internal review has been launched, according to officials.
At this time, the sheriff’s office said there are no indications of foul play. No additional details were released.
The defensive tackle assembly line at Georgia is nothing short of extraordinary, and Miller patiently waited his turn. By 2024, his turn had arrived, and what NFL scouts saw was a prototypically built interior defender who carries his 321-pound frame with impressive athleticism and natural leverage.
Miller’s greatest asset is his run defense. He is a solid anchor — quick to press his hands into blockers, disciplined about maintaining gap integrity, and stout enough to hold the point of attack against double teams that would cave lesser prospects — but he’s not dominant.
His lateral mobility is a genuine differentiator for a man his size; he can scrape down the line to close on outside runs or loop inside on stunts without losing his footing or pad level.
That combination of power and movement is why Georgia trusted him on the field for passing downs, and it’s why scouts project him as an immediate contributor against the run at the NFL level.
The legitimate questions surrounding Miller center on his pass-rush production and his still-developing anticipation skills. Over his entire collegiate career, he accumulated only four sacks — never cracking two in a single season.
Still, Miller’s athleticism stands out immediately — he carries his size well and shows the lateral quickness you don’t always find at his frame. His hands have some pop, and he’s flashed the ability to jolt interior linemen off their spot. But he’s a prospect defined more by his floor than his ceiling.
No single trait rises above average, which means his pass-rush production will hinge on technique and motor rather than any physical advantage. He also needs to improve as a finisher — getting close isn’t enough at the next level.
The traits for pass-rush development are present: he has good first-step quickness, flashes as a one-gap penetrator, and showed enough in stunt packages to keep offensive linemen honest. But he has yet to build a consistent, go-to counter move when his initial rush is neutralized. Against better competition, his reaction time to the snap can be late, and he can drift out of his gap assignment when he tries to freelance for a big play.
What Miller offers any franchise is a high floor with a realistic upside trajectory. He comes from one of college football’s most technically demanding defensive line programs, coached by coaches who regularly develop NFL talent.
He plays with a motor that never stops. He competed in SEC trenches for two-plus seasons and was named to the All-SEC First Team as a senior. The experience and winning culture he brings — two state championships in high school, a national championship at Georgia — will matter to coaches who value locker-room character.
The ceiling here isn’t flashy, but it’s tangible: a reliable, two-down starting defensive tackle who keeps blocks clean and lets linebackers run free. In a league that increasingly prizes versatile, multi-technique interior linemen, Miller’s ability to play the nose or the B-gap makes him a schematic asset for even-front and two-gap systems. Don’t sleep on him because his sack totals are modest — evaluating him solely by that metric would miss the forest for the trees.
Miller’s fit in Green Bay is an interesting one. The Packers are switching to a 3-4 base defense under new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, and they lack a proven run-stuffing nose tackle while being long overdue for a meaningful investment on the defensive interior — which is exactly the profile Miller fits.
The team brought him in for a pre-draft visit, signaling genuine interest, and his skill set maps cleanly onto what Green Bay needs. His calling card — an elite run defense grade that ranked second among all FBS defensive tackles — translates directly to what Gannon will ask of his interior linemen, and his versatility to play nose in an odd front or kick out to three-technique in sub packages only adds to the appeal.
NORCROSS, GEORGIA — Geoff Duncan, former Republican lieutenant governor of Georgia, won’t stop apologizing.
He’s sorry for supporting the state’s 2019 “heartbeat bill,” which bans abortion at around six weeks, after a fetal heartbeat is detected. He’s sorry for facilitating the passage of a “constitutional carry” bill in 2022, which allows most people to carry a concealed handgun with no license or background check. He’s also sorry for opposing Medicaid expansion, arguing at the time that it was not fiscally responsible.
“I’m sorry for those positions and any harm that they may have done,” Duncan told me.
Duncan first rose to prominence as one of the Republicans who resisted President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 win in Georgia. Duncan has been speaking out against what he calls Trump’s “toxic” and “dangerous” Republican Party since leaving office in 2023, and even endorsed Kamala Harris and spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2024. After being excommunicated from the Georgia Republican Party in January 2025, Duncan switched parties in August. He is now running for governor as a Democrat in what will be one of the most closely watched races in the midterms.
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