Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hawkins shi ne dan wasa na goma sha uku da aka zaba a cikin 1959 NFL Draft, amma an sake shi a tsakiyar watan Satumba ta mai horar da kocin Vince Lombardi na shekara ta farko. An gudanar da zagaye na farko na zagaye na farko a farkon Disamba 1958, kusan watanni biyu kafin a hayar Lombardi. Hawkins aka tsince ta Baltimore Colts, kuma suka maimaita a matsayin
Gwarzon NFL a kakar wasansa ta farko, inda ya doke New York Giants a wasan da aka yi a Baltimore.