Teddy Bridgewater's Girlfriend Erika Cardona: Wife Bio

Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Teddy was born on November 10, 1992, in Miami, Florida, United States. Teddy is 1.88 m tall and weighs 98 kg. His horoscope is Scorpio. Among the many nicknames, Teddy has been given is Teddy Two Gloves due to his tendency to wear gloves on both his hands while playing quarterback. Teddy was also known as Gump since his days as a high school student, a name he was given due to a fictional character in the movie Forrest Gump. In this article, we will describe briefly Teddy Bridgewater Girlfriend Erica Cardona: What We Know About Them

Teddy Bridgewater Family And Childhood

Teddy's parents are Rose Murphy and Teddy Bridgewater Sr. Teddy has two older sisters and an older brother Andrea Bridgewater who served as an inspiration to Teddy to play football. His mother worked for the Miami Dade County Public Schools Department of Transportation as a school bus driver and later as a Field dispatcher. When Teddy was 14 years old his mother told him she had breast cancer. He wanted to quit football to support his family since Rose was a single parent but she stopped him. Rose, later on, got well and serves as an inspiration to many as a cancer survivor.

Teddy And His Girlfriend Erica
Teddy And His Girlfriend Erica

Teddy Bridgewater Education

  • He attended Miami Northwestern High School where he replaced Jacory Harris as starting quarterback in his sophomore year. Teddy helped his team finish second in the season after falling short to Seminole High School. He completed the season with an average rate of 60.6 % for 1,560 yards over the season throwing 16 touchdowns with three interceptions.
  •  As a junior, he completed 19 0f 24 passes for 327 yards and a Dade County record of seven touchdowns. He was named second-team All-State for 6A classification and first-team All-County by the Miami Herald. Bridgewater was considered the sixth-best dual-threat quarterback prospect in the nation by Rivals.Com.
  • Teddy then proceeded to the University of Louisville where he graduated in December 2013 with a bachelor's degree in sports administration. Teddy was named the 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the year. Teddy has small hands hence the reason he wears two gloves is to increase his grip.

Teddy Bridgewater Dating Story


Teddy is currently in a relationship with his long-term girlfriend Erika Cardona. They have been going strong and neither of them has ever been involved in any controversial rumors. Teddy and his girlfriend both grew up in Miami and have been together since high school. They met when they were both freshmen at Northwestern High School. They continued to date through college. Teddy lives in Miami Florida. Even though they have dated for a long period of time they have yet to take their relationship to the next level.

Teddy Bridgewater's Girlfriend Erika Cardona

Teddy's girlfriend has a degree in Early Childhood Education. She always loved reading, writing and poetry hence when Teddy was injured Erica showed her support by writing a children's book Little Bear Teddy. The book is a little bit about Teddy's dream of playing football. Erica has a website LittleBearTeddy.com.She also has written another book Big Dreams Come True. Teddy's girlfriend currently works as a teacher and an author.


Teddy Bridgewater Kids

Currently, the couple does not have any kids and neither have they announced anything in regards to them having kids.

Teddy Bridgewater Net Worth

As of 2021 Teddys, net worth is estimated at 8 million us dollars. For the 2020 season, Teddy received a salary of 24,000,000 $ the highest he has ever received in his career. His current three-year contract with the Carolina Panthers ranks him the 19th highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. Teddy was selected in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2014 NFL Draft. In May 2014 he signed a four-year contract worth 6.849 million us dollars with the Vikings. In August 2018 he signed a one-year 7.25 million contract with the New Orleans Saints. Teddy eventually signed with the Carolina Panthers on a three-year-long contract worth 63 million us dollars. In his seven seasons in the NFL, Teddy has earned 44,100,283 million us dollars in salary.

Erica Cardona
Erica Cardona
Teddy First Game When He Signed With Nfl
Teddy First Game When He Signed With Nfl

Teddy With His Mother
Teddy With His Mother
Teddy With His Teammates
Teddy With His Teammates

Teddys Mom
Teddys Mom