Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hawkins shine 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 ya karbi Baltimore Colts, kuma sun sake maimaitawa a matsayin zakarun NFL a kakar wasa ta farko, inda suka kayar da New York Giants a wasan wasan.
a cikin Baltimore.