Kodi Jerome Augustus (born November 2, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Mississippi State.

Augustus originally attended Tara High School in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana before transferring to Willowridge High School in Houston, Texas for his junior season. As a junior in 2005–06, he averaged 16.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as he earned first-team All-District 20-5A honors. He was also selected to the 2006 Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game, and was rated seventh among Texas recruits by Rivals.com in 2006.^[1]

In November 2006, Augustus signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Mississippi State University.^[2]

As a senior at Maine Central Institute in 2006–07, Augustus averaged a team-leading 18.9 points, along with seven rebounds and three blocks per game for coach Dave Campbell. He started all 29 games for the Huskies and recorded six double-doubles during the campaign. His best game of the season came against Lee Academy when he recorded 30 points and 22 rebounds. Following the season, he was rated as the nation's No. 20 post-graduate player by Scout.com.^[1]

As a freshman at Mississippi State in 2007–08, Augustus averaged 1.5 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in 11 brief appearances (4.7 mpg). He did not see game action in the last 16 contests as his final appearance for the season came on January 26 against Ole Miss.^[1]

As a sophomore in 2008–09, Augustus started the first nine games of the season for the Bulldogs before moving back to a bench role for the rest of the season. He played a further 16 games off the bench while also registering a "DNP" in 11 games. On the season, he averaged 6.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, and was second on the team at the free throw line with a 79.2 percent accuracy (42-of-53).^[1]

As a junior in 2009–10, Augustus appeared in 34 games with 33 starting assignments. On November 17, 2009, four days after the Bulldogs' season opening 74–88 loss to Rider, Augustus was suspended for two games after he criticized head coach Rick Stansbury after the game for his lack of playing time and how he thought the Bulldogs were outcoached by Rider.^[3] He returned to face Texas–Pan American on November 24. He went on to record a season-high 17 points three times and a season-high 16 rebounds against Houston on December 19. On the season, he averaged 8.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.^[1]

As a senior in 2010–11, Augustus started all 31 games while averaging 12.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocks in 31.5 minutes per game.^[4] On November 19, 2010, he scored a career-high 26 points in the 76–74 win over Appalachian State.^[5][6]

Augustus is the son of Troy and Georgiana Carter. He is the cousin of WNBA standout and former LSU All-American, Seimone Augustus.^[1]