Teddy Bridgewater scooped up by Vikings

The clock ticked toward midnight on Thursday, and Teddy Bridgewater was waiting patiently in the NFL draft’s green room at Radio City Music Hall.

Making history: Red-letter day for Louisville — 3 first-round NFL picks May 8, 2014; New York, NY, USA; Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville) poses for photos with his jersey after being selected as the number thirty-two overall pick in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft to the Minnesota Vikings at Radio City Music Hall.

Bridgewater’s selection capped a banner night for U of L, as he was the third Cardinal selected, joining Calvin Pryor (18) and Marcus Smith (26).

But some experts said that in NFL circles, Bridgewater had long been viewed as a likely second-round pick.

On Thursday, as one pick after another was called and teams that had no need for quarterbacks were waiting at the back end of the draft, Bridgewater tried to stay poised.

Former University of Louisville quarterbaclk Teddy Bridgewater makes an appearance on the red carpet at the NFL Draft in New York City.

Still, the NFL draft is an uncertain process, and everyone knows you need just one team to make one move, and there were the Vikings.

When Bridgewater saw that Minnesota had traded up, he thought back to his private workout with the team one of just three he conducted after his disappointing pro day.