Cockburn for Player of the Year | AP Story
Champaign, ILL.– Illinois junior center Kofi Cockburn has been voted a first-team Associated Press All-American, one of three Big Ten players selected to the first team.
AP First-Team All-America
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
Johnny Davis, Wisconsin
Keegan Murray, Iowa
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Kofi Cockburn 2021-22 Highlights
- Only player in the nation averaging 20+ points (21.1 ppg) and 10+ rebounds (10.6 rpg)
- Only player ranked in the top 20 nationally in both scoring (12th) and rebounding (8th)
- First high-major player since 2018, and first Big Ten player since 2004, to average at least 21 points and 10 boards
- Third in NCAA with 11 games of 20+ points and 10+ boards
- First-Team All-American by Associated Press, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Field of 68 and College Hoops Today
- Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (top 10)
- Wooden Award National Ballot (top 15)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Finalist (top 5)
- Unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten
- NABC First-Team All-District 7
- 13th in NCAA in field goal shooting at 59.8%
- 14th in NCAA in double-doubles (16), despite missing five games
Cockburn is just the second Illinois player ever to earn first-team All-America honors by the AP, after Ayo Dosunmu became the first Illini to do so last season.
After garnering second-team All-America honors last year as a sophomore, Cockburn is just the third two-time AP All-America selection in school history, joining Dike Eddleman and Dee Brown.
Illinois AP All-Americans
First Team
Kofi Cockburn, 2022
Ayo Dosunmu, 2021
Second Team
Kofi Cockburn, 2021
Dee Brown, 2006
Dee Brown, 2005
Luther Head, 2005
Ken Norman, 1987
Derek Harper, 1983
Skip Thoren, 1965
Rod Fletcher, 1952
Dike Eddleman, 1949
Dike Eddleman, 1948
Third Team
Deron Williams, 2005
Brian Cook, 2003
Frank Williams, 2001
Kendall Gill, 1990
Dave Scholz, 1969
Bill Ridley, 1956
Red Kerr, 1954
Jim Bredar, 1953
