Born: June 13, 1996- O’Fallon, Illinois
Entering 2025: Years as a Lion: 1st Years in CFL: 5th Status: American
Career Games: 54 Playoffs: 2 Grey Cup: 1
Acquired:
DeWayne was signed as a free agent by the Lions on February 2, 2025.
Highlights:
2024: Signed with Hamilton as a free agent in February and recorded 17 tackles, four sacks and a forced fumble in 16 games. Following his first sack of the season, Hendrix earned the top defensive grade (87.8) in the week seven CFL Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF).
2021-23: DeWayne moved north to the Toronto Argonauts ahead of the 2021 campaign and went on to suit up in 38 regular season games, two Eastern Division Finals and the 109th Grey Cup where he recorded a sack and forced fumble in Toronto’s championship victory over Winnipeg. In the 2022 regular season, DeWayne recorded a career-high six sacks with 23 defensive tackles.
2019-20: DeWayne signed with the Miami Dolphins as a non-drafted free agent and was waived by the team in October before spending time on the practice roster with Chicago and Jacksonville to close out 2019. He began 2020 with the XFL’s St. Louis BattleHawks and recorded four tackles and a sack before the league suspended operations due to COVID-19. Signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on March 30 and was released at the end of training camp.
College:
2015-18: Transferred to the University of Pittsburgh and appeared in 24 games with 50 total tackles (30 solo, 20 assisted), ten tackles for a loss, seven-and-a-half sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in 25 games with the Panthers. He wrapped up his college career with a forced fumble against Stanford in the Sun Bowl.
2014: DeWayne suited up in seven games at Tennessee and registered a pair of tackles.
YEAR | TEAM | GP | DT | ST | SACKS | INT | TD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021
|
TOR | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022
|
TOR | 16 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023
|
TOR | 15 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024
|
HAM | 16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total
|
51 | 82 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Year | Team | Regular | Semi-Final | Final | Greycup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021
|
TOR | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2022
|
TOR | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
2023
|
TOR | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
2024
|
HAM | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
DATE | WEEK | OPP | DT | ST | SACKS | INT | TD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
06-08
|
1 | CGY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
06-16
|
2 | SSK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
07-07
|
5 | BC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
07-20
|
7 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
07-28
|
8 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08-02
|
9 | MTL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
08-10
|
10 | MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08-17
|
11 | EDM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08-24
|
12 | WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09-02
|
13 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09-14
|
15 | OTT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09-20
|
16 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09-28
|
17 | BC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10-04
|
18 | WPG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10-18
|
20 | CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10-25
|
21 | OTT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total
|
17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DATE | TEAM | ACTION | STATUS |
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