For the next two weeks, we're taking a look at one player each Big 12 team can't live without. Here are the players we consider the most indispensable heading into 2016. We begin this series today with the Kansas Jayhawks.
Most indispensable: Safety Fish Smithson
It’s not uncommon for Kansas to have one of the Big 12’s most productive defensive stars. Smithson, the Big 12’s leading tackler in 2015 with 111 stops in 11 games, is next in line.