When Illinois came to Cameron last fall, Kofi Cockburn presented immediate problems for the Blue Devils.
Listed at 7-0 and 285, the Kingston, Jamaica native was simply too big for Duke to deal with at that point in the season. Duke tried several players, but Matthew Hurt wasn’t big enough and Mark Williams wasn’t strong enough and no one else could touch him either.
Well Duke may not have seen the last of him.
Wisely, Cockburn pulled out of the NBA Draft but then entered the transfer portal. He had gotten down to three options - stay at Illinois, go to Kentucky or transfer to Florida State.