Trey Hendrickson (born December 5, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida Atlantic, and was selected in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints.
Coming out of Florida Atlantic, Hendrickson was projected by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts to be a third or fourth round pick. On January 21, 2017, he attended the 2017 East-West Shrine Game and recorded a strip sack. He was named the Defensive Player of the Game but lost with the East to the West 10–3. He received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed nearly all of the required combine drills but chose to skip the bench press. His time in the 40-yard dash (4.65), tied for seventh among all defensive linemen. On March 30, 2017, Hendrickson participated at Florida Atlantic's pro day, had 18 reps on the bench press, and performed positional drills. 27 NFL teams had scouts and team representatives attend to scout Hendrickson and ten other prospects. He was ranked as the 13th best defensive end prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.
The New Orleans Saints selected Hendrickson in the third round with the 103rd overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, using a third round pick originally acquired from the New England Patriots in exchange for Brandin Cooks. On June 2, 2017, the Saints signed him to a four-year, $3.17 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $706,288.
He was unable to appear in the Saints' season-opening 29–19 loss to the Minnesota Vikings due to an illness. On September 17, 2017, Hendrickson made his professional regular season debut against the New England Patriots and recorded three combined tackles in the Saints' 36–20 loss. The following week, he earned two combined tackles and sacked Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during a 34–13 victory. In a Week 6 matchup against the Detroit Lions, he made two pass deflections as the Saints won 52–38.
Hendrickson married his wife, Alisa Chernomashentsev, on July 5, 2020. Hendrickson is a Christian.
On March 19, 2021, Hendrickson signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals. Hendrickson was named the team's starting right defensive end. In Week 2 against the Chicago Bears, Hendrickson recorded his first sack of the season, a strip sack on Bears quarterback Andy Dalton which also forced a fumble. He had his only multi-sack game of the season in Week 5 against the Green Bay Packers, sacking Aaron Rodgers twice for loss. This was the first of nine games in a row where Hendrickson recorded a sack, and the first of eleven where he recorded at least half a sack. 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.
Hendrickson signed a contract extension through the 2025 season on July 27, 2023. During the Bengals' training camp, Hendrickson was involved in a scuffle with newly signed left tackle Orlando Brown, leading to Hendrickson suffering from superficial wounds. Hendrickson recorded his first sack of the season in Week 1 against the Browns. Hendrickson had his first breakout game of the season in Week 3 against the Rams, sacking Matthew Stafford twice, and recording seven total tackles. The Bengals' Week 5 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals saw 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. He made one sack in both the Bengals' Week 6 and 8 games, against the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers, respectively. Hendrickson also forced a fumble in the latter game against the 49ers.