Kirby Smart, Jim Harbaugh, Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and more: Coaches and their indispensable players

Which single college football player -- from Deshaun Watson to Manti Te'o to Aidan Hutchinson -- defined the tenures of their head coaches?

On this Kings of the North, Doug Lesmerises and Bill Landis look at 16 coaches from across college football -- 12 North and 4 South, 7 at their current school and 9 who moved on -- and pick one player for each of them that the coach couldn't live without.

Which players got coaches over the top for a title or playoff spot or 10-win season?
Which players changed their coaches' reputations?

Doug and Bill picked players for these 16 coaches at these schools:
• Nick Saban, Alabama
• Matt Campbell, Iowa State
• James Franklin, Penn State
• P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
• Kirby Smart, Georgia
• Jeff Brohm, Purdue
• Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
• Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
• Kyle Whittingham, Utah
• Urban Meyer, Ohio State
• Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
• Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
• Dabo Swinney, Clemson
• Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
• Chip Kelly, Oregon

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