I really like how it’s competitive right now. "Even in meetings, we’re all trying to answer the questions first to get that little edge. "The first string spots are always rotating," he said. There are currently six scholarship safeties with the team (4-star recruit Jevon Holland will make seven when he arrives in June), and the jockeying for one of the top spots has been continuous. While picking off passes has become a constant, a spot with the first-team has not. "I’m trying to get as many picks as possible because the coaches are noticing it," he said.īreeze is well aware of what is at stake.
That, he says, has been the drive behind jumping passes like he did on Saturday on Braxton Burmeister's first attempt of the scrimmage in Portland.
You either have it or you don’t."Ī simple formula exits in Breeze's mind: a ton of intercepted passes equates to more playing time this fall. “You make them think you’re not able to cover the guy, you give them a little space and then when they throw the ball you jump it. “Definitely one of my strengths is being able to bait QBs into making decisions that they normally wouldn’t make," he explained. At Central Catholic, he had three as a junior and another as a senior. I feel as long as I do my job, that will keep coming."īreeze had just one last fall, a first half pick of Jake Browning in the team's loss to Washington, but developed a reputation as a ballhawk safety even before he arrived in Eugene. Hopefully I can get some more this spring. "I’ve just been able to get lucky and make a few plays there. “I’ve been in the right spot at the right time," Breeze told DuckTerritory with eDuck on Thursday. "He’s had (an interception) in every single practice this spring." “Brady has a knack for finding the football," he told reporters on Tuesday. Per head coach Mario Cristobal, and Breeze himself, the sophomore has picked off a pass in each practice this spring.
(Photo: Matt Prehm, 247Sports)īrady Breeze has carried an impressive streak through spring ball. Brady Breeze skies up for an interception.
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