After having fun with the spoils of teaching his alma mater to highschool state glory, Teddy Bridgewater intends to rekindle his taking part in profession.
Bridgewater, who on Saturday coached Miami (Florida) Northwestern to a state title, informed NFL Community Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero that he plans to return to the NFL.
“That is the plan,” Bridgewater mentioned on Tuesday’s version of The Insiders. “My crew is aware of that is the plan. We wished to win a state championship after which coach goes again to the league, see what occurs, after which come again February within the offseason, proceed teaching highschool soccer. We’ll see the way it performs out.”
When pressed by Pelissero if he’d been in contact with any explicit crew or had additional particulars, Bridgewater smiled and confirmed his state medal to the digital camera.
“Proper now, I am having fun with this state championship,” he mentioned.
A 2014 NFL Draft first-round decide of the Minnesota Vikings, Bridgewater retired last year after one season with the Detroit Lions. His profession additionally noticed stops with the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins.
He shortly took over at Miami Northwestern and this season coached the squad to a 12-2 document. Bridgewater’s first marketing campaign concluded with a 41-0 win over Raines on Saturday within the Division 3A Florida Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation title recreation.
The 32-year-old might provide some veteran presence to a squad coping with accidents or uncertainty within the QB room. In his NFL profession (to this point), he performed in 79 video games with 65 begins and a 33-32 document, throwing for 15,120 yards, 75 touchdowns and 47 interceptions.
“We’ll see how [the] subsequent week and a half, two weeks play out, could be signing with a crew or one thing,” Bridgewater mentioned. “After which returning again to teach highschool soccer in February. So, we’ll see.”