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In his first three seasons with the Redblacks, Antoine Pruneau had three interceptions in 53 games.

Last Thursday in Montreal, the Ottawa free safety registered his third pick of 2017.

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What’s changed?

“He’s learned how to catch, which is good,” head coach Rick Campbell said with a laugh. “We don’t want a knockdown, we want an interception.”

With only seven as a team, the Redblacks are closer to the bottom than the top of that statistical category.

Campbell had a another theory for Pruneau’s emergence as a ball hawk.

“He’s getting more and more comfortable playing free safety,” Campbell said of Pruneau, who the team has also used as a linebacker. “He was always a guy that wanted to be as close as possible, and play tight up against somebody, especially when he was playing man-to-man. I think he’s getting a better feel for playing that centre field position, where he can roam around, cover a lot of ground because he’s got good speed, and read the QB and what’s going on. He’s made some big plays for us.”