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 maimaita a matsayin zakarun NFL
lokacinsa na farko, inda ya doke New York Giants a wasan da aka yi a Baltimore.