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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Louisville Ready for First Power Conference Test vs. Georgia Tech
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Up to this point, it’s hard to call the Louisville football program’s start to the 2024 season other than dominant. The Cardinals have out-scored their two opponents faced 111 points to 14, and have out-gained them 1,181 yards to 396.
Of course, given the competition faced, this kind of start wasn’t exactly unexpected. Their first opponent in Austin Peay hails from the FCS ranks, while Jacksonville State comes from the Group of Five. Neither the Governors nor the Gamecocks have presently much of a worthy challenge.
That changes this Saturday. After taking a very early bye week, the Cardinals will finally face their first power conference competition of the season, hosting Georgia Tech at L&N Stadium for their ACC opener.
“They’re battle tested, without question. They’ve proven that they can play some good football, so I give the credit where credit is due. They’ve done a really good job. The one game they lost, they lost by three points, on the road, against a good opponent. So this is a good football team and you can tell by watching on video, looking at their win-loss record, they’ve got good players, they’ve got some veterans. So, yes, this is a challenging football team that we’re going to have to play good football to win and I think that’s how it’s going to work in this conference.”
As Brohm noted, Georgia Tech has certainly had their feet put to the fire up to this point. The Yellow Jackets had the honor of playing in the very first college football game of the season, and took advantage of it, taking down then-No. 10 Florida State 24-21 over in Dublin, Ireland during week zero.
After following that up with a 35-12 win over Georgia State, Georgia Tech cracked the AP Top 25 heading into week. However, their stay in the poll was short lived, dropping their ACC opener at Syracuse 31-28. Most recently, Tech was able to rebound and then some, throttling FCS foe VMI to the tune of 59-7 this past weekend.
Georgia Tech’s early success has been primarily driven by a dynamic offense, powered by one of the more underrated quarterbacks in the conference and country in Haynes King. A dual threat, King has completed 76.4 percent of his throws for 962 yards and six touchdowns to just one interception, while also rushing for 158 yards and three scores.
On top of that, King has plenty of weapons around him. The tandem of Malik Rutherford and Eric Singleton Jr. is an deadly one-two punch at wide receiver, as they have combined for 38 receptions for 525 yards and three touchdowns. Chase Lane and Avery Boyd have proven to be a solid supporting cast in the passing game as well.
Plus, with head coach Brent Key’s background as an offensive lineman, you already know that GT loves to run the ball. Jamal Haynes, who broke the 1,000-yard mark last season, already has 213 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.
“Well they have a veteran quarterback – it starts there,” Brohm said. “[Haynes King] is very efficient in what he does and he can run the football, so that gives you a lot of options, and they utilize those with a lot of misdirection. They run the ball downhill as well and they display the head coach’s personality: being physical at the point of attack and running the ball at you, making you defend that as well with some play action off of us. They do a good job of controlling the football and getting the ball out of the quarterback’s hands quickly and being efficient with that.”
While the Yellow Jackets are powered by their offense, the key to their early success has been a defensive turnaround. Last season, Georgia Tech was abysmal on that side of the ball, allowing 437.1 yards per game for the No. 120 total defense in the FBS. After last season, Key brought in Duke’s Tyler Santucci to be the defensive coordinator.
While it’s early, and the defense hasn’t been perfect at times, it is much improved over what it was last season. Through four games, the Jackets are giving up only 317.5 yards per game for the No. 66 total defense in college football. Most of this is because of their efforts against the run, with GT’s 98.5 rushing yards allowed per game coming in at 32nd nationally.
It’s a defense that, like Louisville’s, is a solid blend of returners and transfer newcomers. Linebacker Kyle Efford, safety LaMiles Brooks and cornerback Clayton Powell-Lee have been making plays for a while at Georgia Tech, and that has kept up so far this season. Meanwhile, transfers such as defensive linemen Romello Height (USC) and Jordan van der Berg (Penn State) have also made an early impact.
“At the same time, I think they’re better on defense this year,” Brohm said. “They’ve made some changes there, you can notice it on film, they’ve done a good job each week. So, I think it’s a very balanced football team that doesn’t beat itself, that will challenge other teams to play harder, more physical than they do, and if you can’t step up to that challenge, then they’re going to win the game.”
Put it all together, and you have a team that will certainly give Louisville a worthy challenge this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EST. That being said, Louisville’s player feel like they are up for the task.
“The first two wins were good as a team, they build the morale and stuff,” linebacker/safety Benjamin Perry said. “But the coaches have emphasized that ACC play is very important, conference play is very important. Going from last week to this week, yes, it’s a step up in competition. But every game is important, because we got a big end goal.”
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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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