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Green Bay Packers like punter JK Scott's 'gift'

The Green Bay Packers will have their fourth punter in four seasons in 2018, but the NFL team expects its latest one to last more than one year after using a fifth-round draft choice on Alabama's JK Scott in April.

The Packers like his leg and his pedigree, which included punting in three national-championship games with the Crimson Tide.

"If you look at his history, he's been in some pressure-cooking situations, obviously," Green Bay special-teams coordinator Ron Zook said during the Packers' minicamp in June. "... There's no question that he's got a big gift there in his leg, but for the most part he's been fairly consistent, which is sometimes not the case with a young guy.