Not the kid's fault. Bone-headed coach's fault. Spike the ball and Georgia has two shots at the endzone.
The play was a fade to the receiver going into the end zone. Conley was to go in the flat and hopefully pull the corner up to open up the fade. The ball was batted at the line and went to Conley. You are a receiver all your life and the ball comes to you you catch it. That’s what he did. Can’t fault him, though in post game interviews he blamed himself. If the ball is not batted, it’s either a touchdown, and they win, or incomplete, and they get another shot.
The reason they didn’t spike it was to prevent an Alabama substitution.