Brady Breeze skies up for an interception.

Brady Breeze has carried an impressive streak through spring ball. Per head coach Mario Cristobal, and Breeze himself, the sophomore has picked off a pass in each practice this spring.

“Brady has a knack for finding the football," he told reporters on Tuesday. "He’s had (an interception) in every single practice this spring."

“I’ve been in the right spot at the right time," Breeze told DuckTerritory with eDuck on Thursday. "I’ve just been able to get lucky and make a few plays there. Hopefully I can get some more this spring. I feel as long as I do my job, that will keep coming."

Breeze 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. At Central Catholic, he had three as a junior and another as a senior.

“Definitely one of my strengths is being able to bait QBs into making decisions that they normally wouldn’t make," he explained. “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. You either have it or you don’t."

A simple formula exits in Breeze's mind: a ton of intercepted passes equates to more playing time this fall. 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.

"I’m trying to get as many picks as possible because the coaches are noticing it," he said.

Breeze is well aware of what is at stake. While picking off passes has become a constant, a spot with the first-team has not. 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.

"The first string spots are always rotating," he said. "Even in meetings, we’re all trying to answer the questions first to get that little edge. I really like how it’s competitive right now. No one is taking it easy."

That group includes seniors Ugo Amadi (21 career starts) and Mattrell McGraw (five starts), fellow sophomores Nick Pickett (currently sidelined by injury) and Billy Gibson and true frosh Steve Stephens.

“No spots are set in stone right now," he said. "As long as I keep performing I’ll have a chance to play a lot."

One of the positives of having so many bodies in practice has been the variety of skillsets the group provides. Per Breeze, each player brings something a little different, a fact that could pay dividends this fall.

“With every safety we have there’s a guy who’s a great tackler, or a guy who’s good in the box or a cover guy or a guy that’s good in the post. It’s good to have differences, so that different teams we play we can rotate different safeties in," Breeze explained.

“We’re also trying to help each other out so when the season comes we all know what we’re doing, so there’s not just two guys who know what they’re doing."

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