Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. 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. Bridgewater has a brother, Teddy Bridgewater III, who also plays for the Miami Dolphins and Florida State Seminoles, and a sister, Travon Bridgewater, who plays for Florida State University. He is the grandson of former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula.
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Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. 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. After the Vikings declined his fifth-year option, Bridgewater signed with the New York Jets, although he was promptly traded to the New Orleans Saints. In his final college game against the Miami Hurricanes in the 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl, he completed 35 of 42 passes for 4 touchdowns and was named the MVP. Bridgewater announced that he wouldgo for his final year of eligibility at Louisville in April 2013, alongside the likes of Jadeveon Clowney and Johnny Manziel. He is the son of Teddy Bridgewater Sr. and Rose Murphy. Bridgewater was born in Miami, Florida on November 10, 1992. He attended Miami Northwestern High School and was considered the sixth best dual-threat quarterback prospect in the nation by Rivals. com. He was named second-team All-State for 6A classification and first-team all-County by the Miami Herald. He also played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Bridgewater is a member of the Florida State Board of Education and the Florida A&M Football Hall of Fame. He has a brother, Teddy Bridgewater III, who also plays for the Miami Dolphins and Florida State Seminoles, and a sister, Travon Bridgewater, who plays for Florida State University.
Bridgewater has a son, Teddy Jr., who is also a professional football player and is the grandson of former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula. Bridgewater also has a daughter, Toni Bridgewater, and has two step-brothers, both of whom also play for the Dolphins. Bridgewater’s father, Teddy, is a former Florida State football coach and the father of two-year-old Travonte Bridgewater, a junior-college quarterback who played for the Florida Gators and Florida St. University of Florida. Bridgewater and his brother Teddy Jr. have a son named Teddy Bridgewater, Jr. who was born on November 11, 2012, and played for Miami Northwestern high School and Miami Central High School. Bridgewater graduated from Miami Northwestern in 2013. He started 11 of 12 regular season games for the Cardinals in 2011 and 2012. As a freshman in 2011, Bridgewater entered the season as a backup to Will Stein but started the Cardinals’ fourth game of the season against Marshall and remained the starter the rest of the year. He finished the season completing 191 of 296 passes for 2,129 yards with 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. In 2012, Bridgewater led his team to a win, a Big East title and a berth to the BCS. For his play, he wasnamed the Big East Offensive Player of the Year. In 2013, Bridgewater completed 303 of 427 passes for 3,970 yards with 31 interceptions and four interceptions and rushed for 379 yards.
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