Kofi Cockburn is back where he belongs.
It started as a rocky offseason for Brad Underwood and Illinois, losing multiple assistant coaches, Adam Miller to the transfer portal, and Ayo Dosunmu and Giorgi Bezhanishvili to the pros. However, Underwood has been able to gain some momentum back for the program with the additions of multiple well-known assistant coaches; the returns of Trent Frazier and Da’Monte Williams; additions of Alfonso Plummer, Omar Payne, a trio of freshman sharp shooters; and his second-team All-American back in Champaign for another season.
This offseason, Cockburn found his name on NBA Draft Boards, in the NCAA transfer portal and now penciled back into Underwood’s starting five for the Illini.