Georgia basketball has been working on filling out its 2024 roster and they just added another player to the commitment list out of the portal. Former Mount St Mary’s guard Dakota Leffew has announced his commitment to the Bulldogs.

Last season, Leffew averaged 13.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He is the second player from Mount St. Mary’s to commit to Georgia as De’Shayne Montgomery recently announced his transfer to the Bulldogs as well.

White has managed to reel in some great players from the transfer portal – something that was showcased during the 2023-2024 season. Russel Tchewa, Noah Thomasson, RJ Melendez and Jalen Deloach were all transfers that were brought in by Coach White, and allhad a massive impact on the season. Leffew certainly seems to fit the mold of a transfer player who could do the same next season. 

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Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 4,570 in the week ending April 20, down from 5,867 the week before, the Labor Department said.

U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 207,000 last week, down 5,000 claims from 212,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Rhode Island saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims, with claims jumping by 231.4%. Virgin Islands, meanwhile, saw the largest percentage drop in new claims, with claims dropping by 60.9%.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s weekly unemployment insurance claims report. 

Back in 2019, the Green Bay Packers revamped their safety position by signing Adrian Amos in free agency and using a first round pick on Darnell Savage.

Those two moves gave the Packers solid safety play during their run of three straight NFC North titles and two conference title appearances between 2019-2021.

The Packers have overhauled that position again, and hope it leads to high level production in 2024 — and beyond.

Green Bay signed safety Xavier McKinney in free agency last month. The Packers then selected Georgia safety Javon Bullard in the second round of Friday’s draft.

Now, there’s a good chance McKinney and Bullard will be Green Bay’s starting safeties when the Packers face Philadelphia in Week 1 in Brazil.

“Yeah, he’s a good football player. He’s very smart, knows how to play, knows how to make plays,” Pat Moore, the Packers’ Assistant Director of College Scouting said of Bullard. “I don’t think we took him with a specific spot in mind other than a good secondary player who can help us.”

Bullard is 5-foot-10 ½ and weighs 199 pounds. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.45 seconds and had a terrific 20-yard shuttle time of 3.98 seconds.

Bullard played mostly slot corner in 2022 when the Bulldogs won the national championship. He had 3.5 sacks and seven tackles for loss that season, and was named Defensive MVP of the 2022 national championship game

The Bulldogs moved Bullard to safety in 2023 where he finished with career highs in tackles (56) and passes defensed (seven). He was also voted the top safety at the Senior Bowl.

While most teams view Bullard as a safety, his versatility made him attractive to the Packers.

“I can play all three positions in the secondary,” Bullard said. “Whatever you need me to play. I feel like I proved my versatility throughout this process, man, being able to cover slot guys and being able to cover tight ends and being able to get down in the box and get down-and-dirty with your running backs, things like that. so I feel like I can play all over.”