Former Georgia Bulldogs guard signs with Orlando Magic
Leffew was an important bench guard for Georgia. A 2024 transfer from Mount St. Mary's, he averaged 9.4 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, shooting 41.5% from the field and 33.3% from behind the arc. He helped lead the Bulldogs to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 10 years.
Leffew ran out of eligibility with Georgia forcing him to look at pro options.
Georgia basketball lost six of their seven leading scorers from last year, either through the NBA draft (Asa Newell), the transfer portal (Silas Demary Jr., DeShayne Montgomery, RJ Godfrey) or running out of eligibility (Tyrin Lawrence and Leffew).
Leffew isn't the only Georgia player to play for the Magic at some point. Litterial Green, who is Georgia's all-time career scoring leader (2,111 total points) played for the Orlando Magic from 1992-94, his first three seasons in the NBA. Green is one of just three players in SEC men's basketball history to rack up over 2,000 points and 400 assists, along with LSU's Pete Maravich and Tennessee's Allan Houston.
The Magic also traded away former Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope this offseason.
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