Zone Hawk defenders lock down a part of the field. When they enter the zone, this ability increases the rate of interceptions while in zone coverage.

Defenders with this ability can reach out of engaged blocks to tackle or sack nearby ballcarriers.

Defenders with this ability do not allow broken tackles and cause more fumbles when cut-sticking ballcarriers.

Defenders with this ability have an increased success rate when using conservative or diving tackles.

Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in any mid-field zone coverage, less than 20 yards from the LoS inside the numbers and 10-20 outside.