When Illinois initially signed Andrej Stojakovic in the 2025 offseason, there was one very lofty goal: a national title. And after the Illini made a run to the 2026 Final Four, they made it clear that wasn’t an objective outside of striking distance for Stojakovic and his teammates. Rather unexpectedly, however, the run – and the entire season – was spearheaded not by Stojakovic but by freshman guard Keaton Wagler. With Wagler's unforeseen emergence, not to mention that of fellow freshman David Mirkovic, the ball was too often in other hands for Stojakovic to routinely register head-turning stat lines. Toss in a few injuries he battled throughout the 2025-26 campaign and, by the end of the season, Stojakovic wasn’t even in a starting role (although the Hoops Dictionary would feature a picture of him if you were to look up the term “supersub”). Still, no reserve is earning the most prestigious individual accolade bestowed upon a college player – All-American status.…