Last Saturday’s LSU-Alabama football game opened with the visiting Tigers sacking Jalen Hurts on the second play from scrimmage and forcing a quick three-and-out.
Then Crimson Tide punter JK Scott had his say.
With the Tigers giddy over their early success, Scott launched a 56-yard punt to LSU’s 9-yard line, completely flipping the field. It was the first of many such punts for the 6-foot-6, 204-pound senior from Denver, who averaged a whopping 51.6 yards on eight in Alabama’s 24-10 triumph.
“JK has done a fabulous job for us,” coach Nick Saban said this week, “and I think he probably had as fine a game in terms of the effect he had in this last game with his consistency in performance as a punter. I think sometimes people overlook the fact that he’s done a good job for us on kickoffs as well.
“Those are two areas that have been very beneficial to us relative to field position this year.”