Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hawkins bụ onye ọkpụkpọ nke iri na atọ ahọpụtara na 1959 NFL Draft, mana onye isi nchịkwa Vince Lombardi nke afọ mbụ nke September wepụtara ya na etiti Septemba. A na-eme agba anọ mbụ nke usoro ahụ na mbido Disemba 1958, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ọnwa abụọ tupu a were Lombardi n'ọrụ. Ndị Baltimore Colts kpọọrọ Hawkins, ha wee kwughachi dịka ndị mmeri NFL n'oge ọ bụ onye mbido, na-emeri ndị New York Giants na
egwuregwu aha na Baltimore.