Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement from the NFL to sign with the Detroit Lions after coaching a high school football team to a state championship.

We wanted to win a state championship and then coach goes back to the league, see what happens, and then come back February in the offseason,” Teddy Bridgewater said.

Teddy Bridgewater has come out of retirement to rejoin the Detroit Lions, but some NFL teams reportedly pursued the quarterback for a different role before he made that decision.