Kobe Knox

2025-26

• Started all 32 games in his lone season as a Gamecock and had best college season, averaging 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game
• Was one of just two Gamecocks to average 30 or more minutes a game
• Shot a career-best 49.1% (115-of-234) from the floor ; made 94 free throws, doubling his previous single-season, career-best mark of 46 made foul shots
• Logged 18 double-figure games and had five games with five or more assists ; led the team with 17 dunks
• Had 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals against Oklahoma (March 11) in the opening round of the SEC Tournament
• Finished with 17 points on 6-of-8 (75%) shooting in a win vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 21)
• Matched his career-high with 21 points at Alabama (Feb. 14) ; was 8-of-13 (61.5%) from the floor and his eight made field goals were a new career-high mark ; also had six assists, six rebounds and two steals
• Scored his 1,000^th career point vs. LSU (Jan. 31)
• Had 18 points in back-to-back SEC games at Texas A&M (Jan. 24) and vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 20)
• 12 points and nine rebounds at Auburn (Jan. 17)
• Tallied first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds vs. No. 18/20 Georgia (Jan. 10)
• Was an efficient 6-of-8 (75%) from the floor en route to 15 points in a win vs. Charleston Southern (Nov. 28)
• Had 12 points, three rebounds and two assists in his Gamecock debut, a season-opening win over NC A&T (Nov. 4)

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

• In three collegiate seasons, played in 97 games (71 starts) and averaged 8.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game with stops at Grand Canyon (2021-23) and USF (2023-25)
• Career 45.2% (280-of-620 FGs) shooter with a 34.0% (110-of-324 3FGs) shooting clip from behind the arc
• Fresh off his best collegiate season, averaging 10.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game for USF in 2024-25
• Scored in double-figures 18 times in 30 appearances as a junior for the Bulls and the team was 12-6 in those games when he scored 10 or more points
• Played and started all 33 games his first season at USF in 2023-24, averaging 8.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, scoring in double-figures 12 times (team 10-2 in those games)
• Helped lead the Bulls to a 25-8 record and 16-2 mark in league action his first season on campus, helping the team to its first American Athletic Conference Regular Season Title in program history
• USF was ranked in both major top-25 polls in late February for the first time in program history as well after a program-record, 15-game win streak the last two months of the season
• As a redshirt freshman at Grand Canyon in 2022-23, Knox played in 34 games (16 starts) for the Lopes shooting 50.4% (FGs) from the floor and 41.0% (3FGs) from behind the arc
• Averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game helping GCU to the WAC Tournament Title and the program’s second all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament
• Scored a career-high 21 points (6-for-6 3FGs) in a 78-75 win over Sam Houston State (3/10/23) in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament
• Redshirted initial collegiate season at GCU in 2021-22

PRE-COLLEGE

• Attended the Bosco Institute in Crown Point, Indiana to grow his game in his final prep season
• Led Tampa Catholic in scoring for three seasons and was a McDonald’s All-American
• Averaged 16.9 points per game as a senior in 2019-20 and 19.0 points per game as a junior in 2018-19 while shooting 52.0%
• Over the course of three varsity seasons, led Tampa Catholic to a 76-19 record
• Grew from 5-9 to 6-4 by the time he completed high school

PERSONAL

• Son of Kevin and Michelle Knox ; has an older brother, Kevin II, and a younger brother, Karter ; also has a younger sister, Ashley
• Named after Kobe Bryant
• Comes from an athletic family as his dad played wide receiver at Florida State, helping the Seminoles win the 1993 National Championship ; he was selected in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills ; mom played volleyball at Florida State
• Kevin II starred at Kentucky and was drafted ninth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2018 NBA Draft ; he just completed his 11^th NBA season with the Golden State Warriors
• Younger brother Karter was a freshman at Arkansas this past season and helped lead the Razorbacks to the Sweet 16 ; younger sister Ashley is a four-star basketball prospect out of Tampa Catholic

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