1. Trey Hendrickson was born on December 5,1994 and is an American professional football defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
31 Facts About Trey Hendrickson
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Trey Hendrickson played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Trey Hendrickson attended and played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls from 2013 to 2016.
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Trey Hendrickson played in the 2017 East-West Shrine Game and was named the game's defensive MVP.
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Trey Hendrickson was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Trey Hendrickson competed with Darryl Tapp, Alex Okafor, Obum Gwacham, Al-Quadin Muhammad, and Alex Jenkins throughout training camp for the role as the starting defensive end.
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Trey Hendrickson totaled 4.5 sacks, 19 total tackles, and one forced fumble in the 2019 season.
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Trey Hendrickson finished the 2020 season with 13.5 sacks, 25 total tackles, one pass defended, and one forced fumble.
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Trey Hendrickson was ranked 73rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021 and voted to the PFWA All-NFL team.
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On March 19,2021, Trey Hendrickson signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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In Week 2 against the Chicago Bears, Trey Hendrickson recorded his first sack of the season, a strip sack on Bears quarterback Andy Dalton.
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Trey Hendrickson had his only multi-sack game of the season in Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers, sacking Aaron Rodgers twice for loss.
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Trey Hendrickson finished his first season with the team with 14 sacks, breaking the Bengals franchise record for sacks in a single season, and the fifth most in the league for the season.
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Trey Hendrickson netted another sack in the AFC Championship Game against the Chiefs, leading the Bengals defensive charge on the way to their third Super Bowl appearance in team history.
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Trey Hendrickson was named to his first Pro Bowl, and was ranked 78th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.
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Trey Hendrickson returned to playing as the right defensive end.
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Trey Hendrickson suffered a wrist injury in Week 14 against the Cleveland Browns, leading to him being ruled out the following week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Trey Hendrickson finished the season with eight sacks, 32 total tackles, three passes defended, and three forced fumbles.
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Trey Hendrickson was named to his second consecutive Pro Bowl, and was ranked 73rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023.
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Trey Hendrickson signed a contract extension through the 2025 season on July 27,2023.
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Trey Hendrickson recorded his first sack of the season in Week 1 against the Browns.
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Trey Hendrickson had his first breakout game of the season in Week 3 against the Rams, sacking Matthew Stafford twice, and recording seven total tackles.
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The Bengals' Week 5 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals saw Trey Hendrickson have his best single game performance of the season, recording 2.5 sacks, one of which being a strip sack to force a fumble, as well as six total tackles in the game.
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Trey Hendrickson made one sack in both the Bengals' Week 6 and 8 games, against the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers, respectively.
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Trey Hendrickson forced a fumble in the latter game against the 49ers.
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Trey Hendrickson had a seven-week streak of at least one sack per game, beginning with the Bengals' Week 11 game against the Baltimore Ravens, with a notable moment occurring during the Bengals' Week 15 game against the Vikings, where Trey Hendrickson broke his own record as the Bengals' single-season sack leader, as a sack on Vikings' quarterback Nick Mullens was his 15th sack of the season.
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Trey Hendrickson's streak ended with the final game of the Bengals' season, only being credited with half a sack.
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Trey Hendrickson finished the season with 17.5 sacks, again setting the Bengals single-season sack record, and a career high 43 tackles.
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Trey Hendrickson was tied with Josh Hines-Allen for the second most sacks in NFL for the season, only behind T J Watt.
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Trey Hendrickson was ranked 77th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024 and selected to the PFWA All-NFL team for the second time.
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Trey Hendrickson led the league with 17.5 sacks, along with 46 tackles, six passes defensed, and two forced fumbles, and was named first-team All-Pro for 2024.