Kosci Barnes holds the RCB · Backup spot in South Carolina Gamecocks’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Kosci Barnes is a true freshman right cornerback for the South Carolina Gamecocks wearing number 28. The 6'2", 209-pound defender hails from Greensboro, North Carolina, where he attended Grimsley High School. Barnes arrived on campus as a four-star recruit ranked 313th overall in the 2026 recruiting class with a rating of 0.9039.

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