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ball hawk
noun
Baseball.an outfielder with outstanding defensive skills, especially at fielding fly balls.
Sports.a defensive player, as in basketball or football, who excels in gaining possession of the ball.
Example Sentences
And he agreed with Payton’s assessment of him as a ball hawk.
That usually means the linebackers are struggling, but Chaminade has outstanding linebackers, so it’s more about Gallegos being a ball hawk.
“He’s very aggressive, very smart, a ball hawk. I think he’s going to be a great player for us.”
The senior All-America candidate is a tenacious ball hawk who has a knack for sniffing out turnover opportunities, whether he’s forcing a fumble, recovering one, or intercepting passes.
The Cornhuskers have intercepted six passes, tied for first in the Big Ten and fifth nationally, and have a ball hawk in Cam Taylor-Britt.
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