Kobe Knox

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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