Teddy Bridgewater, American football player
Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. (born November 10, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Louisville and was drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. With the Vikings, Bridgewater threw for 14 touchdowns in each of his first two seasons, including winning the NFC North and making a Pro Bowl appearance in 2015. The following preseason, Bridgewater suffered a severe injury to his left leg, which knocked him out for all but one offensive series of the next two seasons.
After the Minnesota Vikings declined his fifth-year option, Bridgewater signed with the New York Jets, although he was promptly traded to the New Orleans Saints. With the Saints, he served as backup to Drew Brees, and won all five games as a replacement when Brees was injured in 2019. He signed with the Carolina Panthers the following season and started for the majority of it. Bridgewater was then traded to the Denver Broncos in 2021. He signed with the Miami Dolphins in March 2022 as a backup to Tua Tagovailoa.