Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards
2011: Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2010: Named to Rivals.com's Freshman All-Big Ten team ... Academic All-Big Ten

2011: Earned second letter ... played in all 14 games ... recorded two tackles in Rose Bowl vs. Oregon ... matched season high with three tackles and had one tackle for loss against Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship game on Dec. 3 ... had one tackle against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... season-high three tackles with 0.5 TFLs at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... recorded two tackles against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... tallied two tackles at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... recorded one tackle for loss at Michigan State on Oct. 22 ... posted two tackles and had 0.5 TFL against Indiana on Oct. 15 ... recorded two tackles against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... had one tackle against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... made two tackles against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 ... recovered a fumble against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... made one tackle against UNLV on Sept. 1

2010: Earned first letter ... played in 12 games with starts in the first seven games of the year ... saw playing time against TCU in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... made one tackle against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... saw playing time at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... recorded one tackle against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... returned from injury to play at Purdue on Nov. 6 ... did not play at Iowa on Oct. 23 due to injury ... posted two tackles in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... made two tackles against Minnesota on Oct. 9 ... career-high seven tackles and one quarterback hurry at Michigan State on Oct. 2 ... recorded one tackle against Austin Peay on Sept. 25 ... tallied four tackles against Arizona State on Sept. 18 ... made two tackles, with 0.5 TFL, against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... in Badger debut, started at defensive tackle, had two tackles and first sack of career at UNLV on Sept. 4

2009: Redshirt season

High School: Enrolled at the UW Jan. 2009 and took part in spring practice ... rated as the 17th-best defensive tackle in the nation and top-ranked player in Wisconsin by Rivals.com ... No. 17 player in the Midwest by SuperPrep ... PrepStar Dream Team All-American and was the only player from Wisconsin to be nominated for the US Army All-American Team ... also nominated for the Hawaii All-Star game ... first-team all-state defensive lineman and second-team all-state offensive lineman as a senior ... only played in three games due to injury and finished with 22 tackles, eight TFLs and three QB sacks ... first-team all-state as a junior ... team MVP, first-team all-conference and conference defensive lineman player of the year ... second-team all-region ... 56 tackles, 10 TFLs and four QB sacks ... second-team all-conference as a sophomore ... three-time letterwinner in football and two-time letterwinner in track and field ... four-time winner of All-American weight lifting award ... won the "Wooden Shoe" award for excellence in academics and athletics as a junior ... National Honor Society member ... Honor Roll all four years ... head coach was Rick Applin

Personal: Parents are Steve and Mindi Kohout ... grandfather, Mark Smedema, and uncle, Ralph Smedema, both played basketball at UW-Platteville ... cousin, Neil Smedema, played basketball at Central Iowa State ... enjoys weight lifting, drawing, reading, writing and spending time with friends ... majoring in sociology ... last name pronounced "kuh-HOOT"

Game-by-Game Tackles
2010 SEASON: UNLV (1-1=2); San Jose State (0-2=2); Arizona State (2-2=4); Austin Peay (0-1=1); Michigan State (0-7=7); Minnesota (1-1=2); Ohio State (2-0=2); Indiana (0-1=1); Northwestern (0-1=1)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (0-1=1); Northern Illinois (0-2=2); South Dakota (1-0=1); Nebraska (1-1=2); Indiana (0-2=2); Michigan State (0-1=1); Ohio State (0-2=2); Purdue (0-2=2); Minnesota (2-1=3); Penn State (1-0=1); Michigan State (2-1=3); Oregon (1-1=2)