Ravens edge rusher who led the NFL in sacks in 2024 with 17.5, signed with Baltimore in 2026.
Trey Hendrickson's career took off late. He spent his first four years in New Orleans as a rotational rusher, signed with Cincinnati in 2021, and turned into one of the league's most productive edge defenders. The 2024 season delivered an NFL-leading 17.5 sacks. Hendrickson signed with Baltimore in March 2026 on a three-year, $90 million deal after Cincinnati declined to extend him.
Path to the league
Florida Atlantic product taken 103rd overall by the Saints in 2017. Spent four years as a rotational pass rusher in New Orleans. Signed with Cincinnati in 2021 as a free agent and recorded 13.5 sacks his first year as a starter.
Career highlights
2024 NFL sacks leader (17.5). 4x Pro Bowl (2021-2024). 2024 Second-team All-Pro. AFC Champion (2021). 80+ career sacks. Highest sack total by a Bengals defender since the 1980s.
2025 season and trade
12 sacks, 48 tackles for Cincinnati on the team's 6-11 finish. Cincinnati's salary cap made an extension impossible, so the team let him walk in free agency. Baltimore signed him to pair with Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton in Jesse Minter's new defense.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Trey Hendrickson
- Pro Football Reference: Trey Hendrickson
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
7 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | bengals | 7 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | bengals | 17 | 46 | 33 | 17.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | bengals | 17 | 43 | 28 | 17.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | bengals | 15 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | bengals | 16 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | saints | 15 | 25 | 22 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | saints | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | saints | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | saints | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Linebacker
- Group
- defense
- College
- Florida Atlantic
- Hometown
- Apopka, FL, USA
- Age
- 31
- Status
- active
