Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Hawkins bụ onye egwuregwu nke iri na atọ ahọpụtara na 1959 NFL Draft, mana onye isi nchịkwa Vince Lombardi nke afọ mbụ nke September wepụtara ya n'etiti 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 n'egwuregwu aha
na Baltimore.