JK Scott can laugh about it now.

That's kind of how Alabama's punter/kicker/field goal holder is anyway. The senior from Colorado has that even-keel, shake-it-off vibe. Scott is also the specialist who slept through the College Football Playoff selection show Sunday.

So, his response to a traumatic play in the Iron Bowl comes as a refreshing departure from the norm. This goes back to the third quarter in Jordan-Hare Stadium with Alabama down 20-14.

Just seconds earlier, it appeared the visitors had scored on a miracle tipped pass caught by tight end Hale Hentges for a touchdown. The tip of the ball hit the grass first and the replay crew overturned the call.

That brought Scott and placekicker Andy Pappanastos to the field for a 34-yard field goal attempt.

Things went a little sideways from there.

Scott told the story Wednesday before the College Football Awards Show in Atlanta.

"Well, here's the thing. Andy hadn't been kicking all week in practice and the week before," Scott said. "I was actually kicking the week before. Andy was nursing a little injury, a little strain, but he's good now. So, we didn't work on timing much with the snaps."

Timing is everything in the field goal operation. And the moment to come was foreshadowed a few hours earlier.

"In warm up, we were having a little bit of trouble in warmups," Scott said. "I was really trying to focus on getting a good hold for Andy."

That was the plan that didn't go as scripted.

"So, what I did on that snap. I guess what I did on that snap, I guess I got ahead of myself and took my eyes off the ball to look at the spot to place the ball. And when I did that, I guess I dropped it. You have to focus on catching the ball first. It was a silly mistake."

This wasn't something they'd practiced much.

One word came to Scott in that unplanned hour.

"When I dropped the ball, I was like 'Shoot,'" Scott said. "I sat there and was like 'Shoot.' Then I was like, 'Wait, I can run this.' So, I took the ball and I got kind of excited to run it and throw it to Andy."

Scott had never run a fake in his life -- not in four years as Alabama's starter or as a high school star in suburban Denver.

It was all instinct for the 6-foot-6 athlete who is projected to have a bright future in the NFL.

Auburn defenders were on the scene at that point. It was an all-out fire drill with Scott running to his right. There was Pappanastos, open enough to catch the pass. It was short of the first down by a lot.

"Yeah," Scott said, "I told Andy after the game, I was like 'Andy, I'm sorry you didn't get a field goal in the Iron Bowl. That's my bad.' He said 'I would rather have had a catch.'"

Alabama lost the game, 26-14. That part stinks for Scott.

But there's a memory and a stat line that'll forever be part of his Crimson Tide legacy.

"Yeah, we can laugh about it," Scott said. "We looked up the stats after the game, it said Jalen Hurts, however many yards he had. And it said 'J. Scott, 1-1, negative-nine yards.' It was so funny."

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande.