Hendrix attended South Mountain High School where he received All-American and All-state honors at cornerback in football.
He became a four-year starter and a two-time captain under the coaching of Lynn Archibald,[1] Hendrix helped the Utes to the NCAA tournament in 1983 where they eliminated UCLA reaching the Sweet 16, and again in 1986 where they lost to North Carolina in the First round.
[2] He hit game-winning shots in back-to-back games during the 1985 WAC tournament, specially the one against Wyoming University.
Hendrix possessed elite speed and put it on display during halftime of the intrasquad spring game in 1986, when tired of the taunts from football player Del Rodgers (a 1982 third-round draft pick), accepted his challenge to a 30-yard run and beat him barefoot.
[6] Although he never played a down of college football, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 1986,[7] following on the foot steps of Cornell Green, Peter Gent, Percy Howard, Ken Johnson and Ron Howard, as basketball players that were converted by the Cowboys to play professional football.
He also started his first career game in the season finale against the St. Louis Cardinals, replacing an injured Ron Francis, while making 11 tackles and one pass defensed.