Let’s be honest here, while the Illini landed Kofi Cockburn for the class of 2019, he won’t be around very long. I would give him a maximum of two years with the Orange and Blue. So, that means Illinois is going to need to find a suitable replacement for him. That replacement might be Ryan Kalkbrenner
Kalkbrenner is a 7-foot, 210-pound center from Trinity Catholic High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He is rated as a three-star recruit who is the No. 197 player in the class of 2020 and the No. 26 center in the nation.