Video: Teddy Bridgewater Eyes NFL Return After Winning Florida 3A State as HS Coach

Teddy Bridgewater has his eyes on a comeback.

The former NFL quarterback, who just led Miami (Florida) Northwestern to a state title as a high school football coach, told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero he would like to return to the sport's highest level as a player.

"That's the plan," Bridgewater said Tuesday. "My team knows that's the plan. We wanted to win a state championship and then coach goes back to the league, see what happens, and then come back February in the offseason, continue coaching high school football. We'll see how it plays out."

Bridgewater retired after the 2023 season, and he seemed content with walking away.

"Everything happens for a reason," Bridgewater told reporters last December. "Injuries, highs, lows, the success, the failures. It all, it builds character, and that's what it did for me. Like I never look like, 'Oh man, what if?' Nah. Whatever was meant for me, it played out the exact way it was meant. And I'm still with that mindset every day and I'm just really appreciative that I'm in Year 10, I tell everyone this is my last year, so I'm in my final year and I'm just enjoying it all, man."

The Louisville product entered the NFL as a first-round pick in 2014 and played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions during his career.

He looked like the quarterback of the future for the Vikings when he was a Pro Bowler in 2015, but he missed the 2016 campaign with a knee injury and then made just six combined starts from 2017-19.

Bridgewater then started 15 games in 2020 for the Panthers and 14 games in 2021 for the Broncos before starting two games in 2022 in Miami and appearing in just one game for Detroit in 2023.

At his best, he threw for more than 3,000 yards three times in his career. Even if he isn't that same version of himself at 32 years old and a year removed from the league, he could still provide veteran leadership as a potential backup for a team in need of quarterback depth.

Since retiring, he wasted no time establishing himself as an effective high school coach.

Bridgewater took over at his alma mater in Miami Northwestern and led the program to a 12-2 record and Division 3A Florida High School Athletic Association title. His team defeated Raines 41-0 in the state title game.