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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Georgia Army veteran deported to Jamaica after ICE detention
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man who once defended America now waits in a foreign country, seeking justice from the same system he fought to protect.
On Monday, Army veteran Godfrey Wade said he’s still getting used to his new life after being deported to Jamaica.
On Feb. 5, Wade, 66, was deported to Jamaica after serving roughly six months in ICE detention.
“They just dump you in a country you haven’t been. I haven’t been to this country in 30 years,” said Wade in an interview with Atlanta News First.
Wade’s attorney, Tony Kozycki, said Wade legally immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. He served in the U.S. Army for four years in the 1980s before starting a family in Georgia.
“I, for one, loved the uniform,” he recalled about his time in the 7th Infantry Division, serving in Germany during the Cold War. “The discipline and the consistency of what that institution represents — be all you can be.”
After his military service, Wade, a green card holder, started a life in Georgia and worked in food services, including at H&F Burgers at The Battery in Atlanta, and most recently at the Georgia State Capitol.
In September 2025, Kozycki said Wade was pulled over for failing to use a turn signal. He also did not have a valid license.
During a traffic stop by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Wade was taken into ICE custody due an immigration hold.
Kozycki said that immigration hold was tied to a missed court hearing from 2014 and convictions from nearly 20 years ago.
Kozycki said Wade did not know about that 2014 hearing because he never received a Notice to Appear in 2012.
In documents provided to Atlanta Never First, on Feb. 7, 2012, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a Notice to Appear, ordering Wade to show cause for why he should not be removed from the United States.
The document indicated Wade was served in person. However, that box appears to be scratched out, and instead a box “by regular mail” was marked.
The letter was addressed not to a residence but to the immigration court at “US ICE 180 Spring Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.”
“You’re supposed to have notice that you have to be there,” Kozycki explained. “That never happened. They then start sending letters to an address that was not associated with him.”
The hearing proceeded without him in 2014. Wade didn’t learn about the missed court date until 2019, when he attempted to renew his green card.
The underlying issues triggering the deportation proceeding dated back even further. According to the Notice to Appear, Wade was convicted on Jan. 31, 2008, of simple assault in violation of Georgia law, and on Jan. 28, 2008, of deposit account fraud, from a bounced check, both from Douglas County Superior Court.
Wade had since repaid the fraudulent check and resolved the assault charge through a plea deal, according to Kozycki.
Kozycki argued these old cases should not have resulted in a deportation, especially given Wade’s decades of lawful residency, military service and community contributions.
After his September 2025 traffic stop, Wade was transported to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.
Wade says he never received a chance to go before a judge and argue his case to stay in the United States.
“I’m not asking for more for myself. I want what I just deserve, no more, no less,” Wade said. “And if so be the case, I put my trust in the justice system of this great country of America.”
Congressman David Scott, who represents Rockdale County, where Wade is from, wrote directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, pleading for Wade to have his case heard before a judge. The letter went unanswered.
From Jamaica, Wade faces an uphill battle to reclaim his life. His family — including six children and grandchildren — are devastated by the separation.
“It weighs very heavily on our family,” said his fiancée, April Watkins.
Financial burdens compound the emotional toll, with Wade now starting over with nothing but “the clothes on my back.”
His family started a community fundraiser to help offset the legal fees and the financial burden to live away from Georgia.
“When people fall in love with this country, we really love this country, and we want this country to love us back,” he said.
Requests to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security for comment on why Wade was not afforded a hearing before deportation went unanswered.
Wade’s case highlights a broader truth, according to his attorney.
“Godfrey Wade’s case is really a highlight that if we are going to do this, we need to do it the right way,” Kozycki said. “If we need to fix our immigration system, we need to take great care in doing it.”
Kozycki is urging members of the public to contact lawmakers, state and federal, about Wade’s case.
The family launched an online petition to try to stop Wade’s deportation.
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(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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