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REPORT: Kofi Cockburn signs with Jazz as UDFA

Kofi is a Jazz.

Months of preparation that included the NBA Draft Combine and multiple pre-draft workouts with teams such as the Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz, and Washington Wizards led to Cockburn signing Friday as a free agent wirh Utah. He went undrafted in Thursday’s NBA Draft.

As for Kofi’s Illini career, he leaves Champaign as an all-time great. The two-time consensus All-American started every game he played in during his 3 seasons in Champaign. In the Illini record books, the 7-foot, 285-pound center ranks as follows:

  • 8th in Points Per Game (17.