Now it's official.
Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater announced his retirement on Monday, and it's for good this time.
Bridgewater initially retired from football at the end of the 2023 season, before coming out of retirement in time for the 2024 playoffs with the Detroit Lions. Bridgewater then coached high school football, winning a state championship before being suspended in July 2025 for providing "impermissible benefits" to the high school by paying for multiple items out of his own pocket.
After that, Bridgewater served as a backup quarterback on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, completing eight of 15 passes for 62 yards in four games.
Bridgewater announced his decision in an Instagram post. "This time, it's official," Bridgewater wrote. "When the body speaks to me, I have to listen so that I can be in one piece and available for my children as they grow up. The game of football was beyond great to me and owes me nothing at all. I really did things my way."
#Football #Retirement #school
Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater announced his retirement on Monday, and it's for good this time.
Bridgewater initially retired from football at the end of the 2023 season, before coming out of retirement in time for the 2024 playoffs with the Detroit Lions. Bridgewater then coached high school football, winning a state championship before being suspended in July 2025 for providing "impermissible benefits" to the high school by paying for multiple items out of his own pocket.
After that, Bridgewater served as a backup quarterback on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, completing eight of 15 passes for 62 yards in four games.
Bridgewater announced his decision in an Instagram post. "This time, it's official," Bridgewater wrote. "When the body speaks to me, I have to listen so that I can be in one piece and available for my children as they grow up. The game of football was beyond great to me and owes me nothing at all. I really did things my way."
#Football #Retirement #school
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