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'It was heartbreaking:' Coaches relive the best recruits who got away

Coaches always say they remember the losses more than the wins, and that applies to recruiting as well. Even the nation's best recruiters get their hearts broken from time to time. Some -- like J.J. Watt and Le'Veon Bell -- were unheralded recruits who went on to stardom. Others -- like Jameis Winston and Tim Tebow -- were no-doubt program changers. The one thing they all have in common is that they've kept coaches up at night thinking what might have been.

Here are nine of the best stories about recruits who got away:

Butch Jones: J.