Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement and is expected to sign with the Detroit Lions, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Bridgewater said last week that he wanted to return to the NFL after coaching Miami Northwestern Senior High School, his alma mater, to the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A state championship earlier this month.

“My team knows that’s the plan. We wanted to win a state championship and then the coach goes back to the league, sees what happens, and then comes back in February in the offseason and continues to coach high school football. We’ll see how it goes,” he told NFL Network’s “The Insiders” last week.

The 32-year-old Bridgewater was the Lions’ backup quarterback behind starter Jared Goff last season.

After retiring, he was hired by Miami Northwestern in February and tasked with turning around a program that had gone 4-6 the previous season. Miami Northwestern went 12-2 this season and outscored opponents 262-12 in five playoff games. The season ended with a 10-game winning streak.

Bridgewater was selected in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014. His career was derailed by a torn ACL and knee dislocation suffered during training camp in 2016. He missed the entire season and most of 2017 before leaving the Vikings. He spent two seasons with the New Orleans Saints (2018–19), started 29 games in two seasons for the Carolina Panthers (2020) and Denver Broncos (2021), and served in 2022 when he was Tua Tagovailoa’s backup with the Miami Dolphins again Injuries limited. He then signed with the Lions for the final season and appeared in one game, earning a win.

NFL Network initially reported that Bridgewater was expected to sign with the Lions.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler contributed to this report.