Four Time Pro Bowl Defensive End Is Heading to Baltimore
It has been a long season for defensive end Trey Hendrickson. After playing his final game of the 2025 season with the Cincinnati Bengals, this defensive end has officially hit free agency as a hot commodity. Now that he is out of there, Henderickson is finding his way through the NFL. As of today, he has officially signed with the Baltimore Ravens for a contract worth $112 million for the next four years. For him, this is alright, with a brighter future looking ahead and a contract he has worked hard to earn.
Hendrickson stepped into the NFL during the 2017 NFL Draft when he was drafted in the third round by the New Orleans Saints. He was coming out of Florida Atlantic University when he was drafted and has put up stellar numbers since then. It was four seasons later when the Bengals signed him in 2021. Since then, Hendrickson has had a hard time playing with them and was found to be holding out at the start of the season when they couldn’t come to terms on a contract.
Over the past several seasons, Hendrickson has been one of the NFL’s most productive defensive ends. He has racked up double-digit sacks year after year. In 2021, he recorded 14 sacks in his first season with the team and followed that with eight sacks in 2022. He then exploded for 17.5 sacks in both 2023 and 2024, leading the league in sacks in 2024 and earning multiple Pro Bowl nods along the way. In the 2025 season, Hendrickson was limited by injury but still logged four sacks and 16 tackles in seven games before being placed on injured reserve. Across his career, he’s accumulated 81 total sacks, cementing his reputation as a premier pass rusher in the NFL.
Now that Hendrickson is getting ready to play with the Ravens. It may be a better season for him, especially having a fresh start in Baltimore. He’s got so much to look forward to, and now that he is playing with the Ravens, there may be a chance that fans see how much better he plays and how much happier he is overall. The four-time Pro Bowl defensive end is already a team-heavy oriented player as it is, and now that Baltimore has him, they may have just seen a significant team upgrade. The Ravens are definitely lucky to have him.
