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Watch now: Illinois State lands frontcourt player in 6-10 Joe Petrakis from Western Carolina

Baylor forward Freddie Gillespie (33) rebounds again Kansas State forwards Joe Petrakis (35) and Xavier Sneed, right, during a February 2020 game in Manhattan, Kan. Petrakis announced Tuesday he is transferring to Illinois State with two years of eligibility.

ORLIN WAGNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORMAL — There was a missing piece in Illinois State's deep dive this spring into the NCAA Transfer Portal — adding size in the frontcourt.

Joe Petrakis solves that problem while giving the Redbirds a different dimension than a traditional big man.

The 6-foot-10, 224-pound Petrakis announced Tuesday he will be transferring to ISU for his final two years of eligibility under new Redbird head coach Ryan Pedon.