Synopsis Teddy Bridgewater is an American footballer who has played as a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was a collegiate standout at the University of Louisville and was entitled as MVP of the 2013 Sugar Bowl.
He was born on November 10, 1992, in Miami, Florida. He is the son of Teddy Bridgewater Sr. (his father) and Rose Murphy (his mother). He is an American belonging to the black ethnic background.
He has an amazing height of 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 215 pounds.
The NFL quarterback has an estimated net worth of $5 million and earns an annual salary of $7,250,000 currently. He earned $20,100,283 from his NFL career. His salary in 2018 was reported to be $1,000,000.
Bridgewater's first contract in NFL was of 4 years worth $6.849 million. He was paid $3,721,456 in his first season including $3,301,456 as signing bonus.
Teddy is in a relationship with his girlfriend Erika Cardona. The couple has been dating each other for a couple of years.
His girlfriend is an author and writes children books. She is also the writer of a children book entitled “Little Bear Teddy: Big Dream Come True” inspired by Bridgewater’s life. The book was released in 2017.
Teddy Bridgewater and his author girlfriend Erika Cardo SOURCE: Fabwags Erika, like Bridgewater, grew up in Miami, Florida. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education.
Teddy has reached the age of 24 now. He is the youngest one among his four siblings. His birth sign is Scorpio and follows Christianity as his main religion. His mother, Rose is a breast cancer survivor. 247Sports has ranked him No.189 in the nation. He is the No.39 recruit in Florida and No.6 in the nation.
Teddy attended Northwestern High School, where he started playing as a quarterback for the high school team. He replaced Jacory Harris as starting quarterback and took over a team that had been named the 2007 national champions by USA Today during his second year in the high school. He completed 97 of 160 attempts for 1,560 yards throwing 16 touchdowns with three interceptions over the season.
He passed 2,546 yards and 32 touchdowns rushing for 379 yards and five more scores during his junior year. He completed 19 of 24 passes for 327 yards and a Dade County record for 7 touchdowns in a match against Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School. Miami Herald named him second-team All-State for 6A classification and first-team All-County.
Despite missing parts of the season with a medial collateral ligament injury, he had 2,606 passing yards and 22 touchdowns during his senior year. Rivals.com considered him the sixth-best dual-threat quarterback prospect in the nation. He has also played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in 2011.
He moved to the University of Louisville after completing his high school education career. He made his entrance as a freshman in the season as a backup but started the Cardinals' fourth game of the season against Marshall remaining the starter for the rest of the year. He graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in Sports Administration.
He finished the following season completing 191 of 296 passes for 2,129 yards with 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Many of the top sites like Rivals.com, Scout.com, CBS Sports and Sports News named him the Big East Rookie of the Year and a freshman All-American.
He made his professional debut as one of the top prospects for the 2014 NFL Draft, alongside Jadeveon Clowney and Johnny Manziel. After then, Minnesota Vikings selected him with the 32nd and final pick of the first round of the draft. The Vikings traded their second and fourth-round picks to the Seattle Hawks to move up and select Teddy.
Teddy signed a four-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings worth $6.85 million with a $3.3 million signing bonus. He entered the season as the second-string quarterback, behind veteran Matt Cassel and ahead of Christian Ponder. He made his regular-season debut against the New Orleans Saints on September 21, 2014, finishing the game with 150 passing yards.
