"You gotta do what you gotta do."

For tight end Cole Kmet, that meant playing two positions Sunday in the Bears' 35-16 victory over the Jaguars in London. Not only did the five-year pro excel while performing his typical responsibilities — he led the team with five receptions on five targets for 70 yards and two touchdowns — Kmet also served as the emergency long snapper for three quarters.

Near the end of the first quarter at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, long snapper Scott Daly suffered a knee injury and was almost immediately ruled out of the game. Kmet, who is the designated backup because of his experience long-snapping in high school, didn't see the injury occur.

"HT (special teams coach Richard Hightower) came up to me and said, 'hey, Scott's down,'" Kmet recalled. "At first I'm like, 'Tyler Scott? What does that have to do with me?' And then he's like, 'No Scott Daly's down. You gotta go snap.' I'm like 'oh [shoot.]'

"So [I started] getting some snaps between my legs and yeah, just glad to help out wherever I can. At the end of the day, this is a football team, you gotta do whatever is asked of you."

Kmet did more than just what was asked of him. His first NFL long snap occurred moments after the tight end scored the Bears' first touchdown of the day, making him the first player to score and then snap for the extra point since the Eagles' Mike Bartrum in 2005.

On first-and-10 from the Chicago 31, quarterback Caleb Williams faked screen passes to both receiver Keenan Allen and running back D'Andre Swift before hitting a wide-open Kmet at the Jacksonville 15. Kmet proceeded to run through a Jaguars defender, rumble toward the end zone with another defender on his back and extend the football over the goal line.

"Just a great play concept," Kmet said. "[Offensive coordinator Shane Waldron] had run it in Seattle before. They presented a good defense for us to run that, and we had run a bunch of screens where we're flying the guy behind and pulling those backers out. So just blocked my guy on the line for a second there, Caleb gave a good fake and then just right up the shoot, was able to break a tackle and get in the end zone."

After ringing in the score with his signature home run celebration, Kmet remained on the field and delivered holder Tory Taylor a clean snap, allowing kicker Cairo Santos to nail the extra point.

"Cole's unbelievable," Williams told NFL Network reporter Stacey Dales after the game. "After he scored his touchdown, that was the first thing we came to the sideline and celebrated about, was him snapping the ball. Obviously, those points, those [extra] points go a long way in games like this. He did a great job obviously playing tight end and catching the ball, blocking, but being able to go out there and snap the ball for our holder and kicker to be able to put it through is amazing."

Kmet would complete that rare sequence again just 11 minutes later when he and Williams connected for a second score, this time on a 2-yard completion into the back right corner of the end zone.

"We practiced it throughout the whole week," Williams said. "Cole did a great job because him and I made an adjustment with his route before the game. … I knew they were man — they tried to push the safety over to, I believe it was DJ over there, and he was running a slant. … It was supposed to be a 1-on-1 corner ball, safety fell off and then the corner was supposed to fall off or whatever happened over there … but Cole did great job of going and getting it."

Kmet's two touchdowns in the second quarter set up a 14-3 halftime lead for the Bears, but they also allowed the veteran to forget about any nerves he had regarding his new long-snapping duties.

"I think I was tired enough on each of those where I'm not even thinking about it in a sense," Kmet said. "You're just so tired on the field. You're like, 'okay I'm gonna shoot this ball in between my legs real quick and get this over with.'"

Kmet told reporters long snapper is "definitely not a position I envisioned playing in the NFL — ever," and he admitted the situation is his "biggest worry going into gameday." While he takes two or three snaps during Thursday practices each week, Kmet hasn't had a live snap at the position since high school.

Kmet disclosed that while growing up, he and his brother would practice long snapping in the backyard because his father and uncle knew how to play the position.

"It was just kind of a 'more you can do' thing, thinking if you ever needed to make a team … if they're deciding between two guys, having that ability, they're gonna keep you on the roster for those types of things," Kmet added. "Obviously I'm not in that position right now, but that was the mindset of learning how to do it. I wanted to play in the NFL one day, so that was the thing behind it, and it paid off today."

While Kmet received extra attention Sunday after being thrust into the long-snapping role, Kmet's role as a consistent weapon for Williams remains a key part of the Bears offense.

The veteran notched his fifth two-touchdown game of his career and his first since last November 5 in New Orleans. He is also among the league leaders for tight ends in multiple receiving categories. Following the conclusion of Sunday's game, Kmet ranked third with 289 receiving yards, tied for second with three touchdowns, third with 26 receptions and tied for first in 20-yard gains.

As the Bears offense offense's production continues to increase seemingly every week — the unit tallied 373 yards against Jacksonville — so will Kmet's success in his listed position on the depth chart. But for today, those six plays at long snapper will remain a subject of the team's plane ride back to Chicago.

"Cole had some really nice catches, a couple touchdowns," coach Matt Eberflus told NFL Network's Stacey Dales at halftime. "First man in the history of ball to get two touchdowns and snap it afterward."