MIAMI – Teddy Bridgewater is planning to make a return to the NFL after leading his alma mater, Miami Northwestern, to a state championship as head coach.
Recommended Videos
In an interview with the NFL Network following the win on Saturday, Bridgewater shared that he intends to rejoin the league soon.
“We’ll see how the next week or two play out, but I might be signing with a team and then going back to coach high school football in February,” Bridgewater said.
Bridgewater, 32, in his first season as coach at Miami Northwestern High, led the Bulls to the Florida Class 3A state title. The Bulls beat Jacksonville Raines High 41-0 on Saturday in the championship game
While he didn’t name a specific team, Bridgewater did suggest he was preparing to board a flight to discuss a potential contract.
His team finished the season 12-2, outscoring its five playoff opponents by a combined score of 262-12.
Bridgewater went to college at Louisville before playing in the NFL with six franchises — including the Miami Dolphins — over nine seasons. He finished his career with 15,120 yards and 75 touchdown passes.
Born and raised in Miami, Bridgewater started at quarterback for Miami Northwestern from 2008-2010, recording more than 5,000 yards passing and leading the Bulls to the state final as a sophomore.
He developed into one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation before going on to have a successful college career at Louisville. Minnesota selected Bridgewater with the No. 32 pick in the 2014 NFL draft, and he spent three years there before a gruesome knee injury nearly ended his career.