"I mean, this is something I'll never forget. "It just means the world to me, and I know it means the world to my teammates, to be in 'The Granddaddy Of Them All,' " Breeze said. But that outcome didn't dampen Cota's enthusiasm for his experience 25 years ago, which he's imparted upon his nephew.Įven playing in the NFL, Cota told Breeze, can't quite compare to the experience of competing in the Rose Bowl with teammates and coaches who've become like family during your college career. He'll be looking for a different result than the 1994 team's 38-20 loss to Penn State. On Wednesday, Breeze will carry on the family tradition when he takes the field for the Ducks in the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin. "It's kind of cool having the old memories from my family come back." "She made the cake the same, the same design and everything," Breeze recalled Friday. In Southern Oregon during a brief holiday break for Breeze and the Ducks earlier this week, Barbara made another cake to mark another Rose Bowl appearance by another member of her family.
This time, it was for Cota's nephew, and Barbara's grandson, Brady Breeze. Twenty-five years later, it was time to bake another cake. Before the Ducks' appearance in Pasadena, Cota's family hosted a party. His 3.75 GPA speaks to his upside as a student, and you can expect to hear more good things out of the kid from Southern Oregon in the very near future.When the 1994 Oregon football team was preparing for the team's first Rose Bowl appearance in nearly 40 years, safety Chad Cota's mom, Barbara, baked a cake to mark the occasion.Ĭota was the '94 team's MVP, an all-conference safety who went on to an extended NFL career, mostly with the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts. Before his injury he caught 12 passes for 158 yards over the course of the first two games. Speaking on his goals moving forward Breeze says, “I would like to attend a D1 school and play football or baseball, while getting a college degree, and hopefully following in my uncle Chad’s footsteps.”Ĭota is considered one of the best athlete’s to ever come out of the state in any sport, but Brady isn’t shying away from the challenge saying, “We all have dreams as kids, and I understand dreams can only be achieved by hard work.”īreeze is legit on a national level, but didn’t get much offensive time during his sophomore season due to the club on his hand. As a freshman on the football field he was a man amongst boys rushing for 2, 850 yards, 29 TD’s, and 12 INT’s. He was an all conference baseball player as a freshman and will be a D1 projected kid in each sport. Even more impressive was the fact that his achievements were earned while wearing a club like cast on his hand, after breaking it in the 2nd game of the season against Westview.īrady is very comparable to good friend Ronnie Rust of Central Catholic when referencing the top overall athletes in the state. You can expect to see Breeze ranked at the top of the charts for the 2016 class, earning 2nd team all league honors in 2013, while leading the team in INT’s (5) and total tackles (79) as a 10th grader. Add to this that his cousins, Mason and Max Montgomery, are Conference Player of the Year and 1st team all state athletes out of Ashland, and you have one of the most athletic families in the region. His father was a standout athlete as well, playing at Arizona State and Southern Oregon University after earning 1st team all state honors on both sides of the ball in high school.
To say he comes from an athletic family would be an understatement as high profile individuals are a fixture within the family.īrady is the nephew of Oregon all time great Chad Cota who spent 8 years in the NFL after his collegiate career with the Ducks. One of the top sophomores in the Pacific Northwest and the State of Oregon is Brady Breeze (6-1 180 So.
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