GREEN BAY – Mason Crosby noticed right away he was dealing with a different kind of punter.

Yes, the 6-foot-6 stature of JK Scott is hard to miss. Paired with a unique two-step drop where his plant leg never leaves the ground, the Packers' rookie punter has drawn a lot of attention through the first week of camp due to his propensity for booting punts more than 50 yards that hang at 4.5-second clips in practice.

But it wasn't Scott's physical gifts that made an impression on Crosby, the second-longest tenured player on the Packers' roster behind Aaron Rodgers.

What's stuck with the 11-year veteran is how the 21-year-old Scott, with a few budding blond facial hairs barely pushing through his chin, carries himself.

"He's a self-motivator. He doesn't need anybody getting him started and getting him going," Crosby said. "He has his routine and he's further along than I feel most rookies are coming in, in terms of what their process is and how they handle a day-to-day schedule."

Maybe that steadiness comes from his father, Kim, a Madison native who became a record-setting pole-vaulter at the University of Wisconsin. It also could be tied to how Scott dealt with the pressure of punting in front of 100,000 fans during his time at the University of Alabama.

From the beginning, the scene in Tuscaloosa never was too big for Scott. He remembers his first game as a freshman at Alabama and wondering in warmups if the big-game setting was "going to affect me?"

The answer was a resounding no. After trotting out for his first punt, Scott took one look at the line in front of him and felt at peace. It was just like practice. For the next four years, he was locked in an impenetrable zone of focus.

As Scott prepares to make his Packers' preseason debut Thursday night against Tennessee, he's maintained a similar mindset through the first 10 practices of training camp.

He looks the part of a rookie fifth-round pick who came to Green Bay with some buzz. He just doesn't act like it.