Cockburn Awards | 2020-21 Season Bio (PDF) | Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)
Fighting Illini All-American Kofi Cockburn (Kingston, Jamaica) announced on his social media accounts Sunday that he has declared for the NBA Draft.
Cockburn averaged 17.7 points and 9.5 rebounds while making 65.4% from the field during his dominant sophomore campaign, becoming the only NCAA player on the season to average 15+ points and 9+ boards on at least 60 percent shooting. He ranked third in the nation with 16 double-doubles and fourth nationally in field goal percentage while leading the NCAA with 78 dunks.
Cockburn is the first center in Illinois history to achieve consensus All-America status, earning a spot on the Wooden Award All-American Team and garnering second-team All-America accolades from the Associated Press, NABC, USBWA, Sporting News, CBS Sports and USA Today.
Cockburn helped lead Illinois to a 24-7 record, including a 16-4 mark in conference play followed by the Big Ten Tournament championship. The Illini earned an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed and set a school record by defeating six top-10 teams during the season. Illinois finished the year at No. 4 in kenpom, the second-highest rating in program history.
Kofi Cockburn 2020-21 Highlights
- NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-American
- Wooden Award All-American Team
- Associated Press Second-Team All-American
- NABC Second-Team All-American
- USBWA Second-Team All-American
- Sporting News Second-Team All-American
- CBS Sports Second-Team All-American
- USA Today Second-Team All-American
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist
- Sports Illustrated Third-Team All-American
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team
- First-Team All-Big Ten
- USBWA All-District V Team
- No. 7 in kenpom.com National Player of the Year standings
- Only player in the NCAA to average 15+ points and 9+ rebounds while shooting at least 60%
- Third nationally with 16 double-doubles
- Fourth in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 65.4% (214-327)
- Led the nation with 78 dunks
- Fifth in Big Ten in scoring (17.7 ppg)
- First in B1G and 24th in NCAA in rebounding (9.5 rpg)
