Illinois extended a scholarship offer to three-star Class of 2018 center Florent Thamba, his AAU program tweeted on Tuesday.

Thamba, a 6-foot-9, 224-pound big man out of Grundy (Va.), also holds offers from Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Penn State, TCU, Memphis, Wichita State, Xavier, Georgetown and Virginia Tech, among others.

Thamba is the No. 294 overall player in the Class of 2018, per the 247Sports Composite rankings and is the 25th-ranked center in what is considered a weak class of big men nationally.

Illinois has a big need for a big man after missing out on its top 2018 targets, including Darius Days, Colin Castleton, Amadou Sow, George Conditt and Lukas Kisunas.

Illinois has one signee in the Class of 2018, top-30 Morgan Park guard Ayo Dosunmu, but Brad Underwood said he wants to fill two more needs.

“We have two scholarships left," Underwood said last week. "We’ll add a shooter in that class. That’s something that is a piece to the puzzle that we need. Then we need to add one more piece of size. Who those pieces will be? There’s a lot of options out there. We’ll continue to beat that up every day, as we do the 2019 class and 2020 class. Recruiting is non-stop, and we’ll continue to add those pieces moving forward.”