The Champaign Room · Apr 24, 2019
Kofi Cockburn signs with Illinois
Twitter: @kxng_alphaGiorgi Bezhanishvili won’t be the only big man catching lobs from Ayo Dosunmu next winter.
Kofi Cockburn officially inked his National Letter of Intent with the Illini today, marking the first signee in the class of 2019 for Illinois Head Coach Brad Underwood.
Cockburn comes in ranked as the No. 41 prospect in his class and the 10th-ranked center in the country. He checks in at 6-foot-11, 290 pounds and gives the Illini a body that can really clog the lane. The Jamaican native held offers from Kansas, Tennessee, Oregon, and Indiana among others.
The Oak Hill Academy product committed verbally to the Illini back on Jan. 6, just a week after his official visit.