Teddy Bridgewater figures Geno Smith wants revenge.

Bridgewater, the Vikings’ rookie quarterback, played against Smith, the New York Jets’ second-year quarterback, once in high school and once in college. Bridgewater’s teams won both games.

On Sunday, Bridgewater will take the field against the Jets at TCF Bank Stadium for his third meeting with the fellow Miami native.

Think Smith wants some payback?

“I’m pretty sure of it,” Bridgewater said.

In their first meeting, on Dec. 12, 2008, Bridgewater was a sophomore at Miami Northwestern High School and Smith a senior at Miramar High School. In Northwestern’s 42-23 state semifinal victory, Bridgewater completed 8 of 10 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown while Smith was 16 of 28 for 200 yards and no TDs in his final high school game.

Three years later, Bridgewater was a freshman at Louisville and Smith a junior at West Virginia. The Cardinals were underdogs on the road against the 24th-ranked Mountaineers but won 38-35 on Nov. 5, 2011. In that game, Bridgewater completed 21 of 27 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown, and Smith was 31 of 44 for 410 yards and three TDs.

Many in South Florida remember the high school game as a sort of coming-out party for Bridgewater. He got the win after being relatively unheralded and taking over as starting quarterback at midseason. All the while, Smith was one of the top quarterbacks in Florida and a highly recruited college prospect.

“There wasn’t that much talk about Teddy then because he was just a sophomore and we had a bunch of seniors on that team,” said Billy Rolle, Bridgewater’s high school coach. “There was a lot of talk, though, about Geno. But after that game, there was a lot more talk about Teddy.”

The game was played in front of more than 14,000 fans at Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium. Northwestern took a 30-7 halftime lead, and Bridgewater finished the game at wide receiver while his team inserted an option quarterback to help run out the clock.

“We beat them pretty bad that day,” Bridgewater recalled. “We just got out on them early and beat them and went to the state championship. They were a pretty good team. They had Stedman Bailey, who’s a wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams. They were a pretty talented team, but we went out and got the win.”

The Bulls did not win the state championship, though, losing the following week 28-21 to Sanford Seminole High School. Still, Bridgewater made great strides that season toward becoming a top-notch quarterback.

“(Bridgewater) is a great young quarterback,” Smith told the Miami Herald after the Patriots’ loss to Northwestern. “By the time he’s a senior, he should be one of the best in the nation.”

Bridgewater was. And now he’s an NFL rookie ready to face Smith again.

Smith has started nine of the Jets’ 12 games this season, having been replaced by Michael Vick for three. Smith won his job back for Monday’s 16-13 home loss to Miami, and completed just 7 of 13 passes for 65 yards. At least keeping the hapless Jets (2-10) close could earn him another start Sunday.

Miami native Xavier Rhodes is hoping to face Smith for the first time. The Vikings cornerback and Smith are good friends who train together regularly in South Florida during the offseason.

“I’ve known Geno since middle school,” Rhodes said. “We’ve been close friends. We just hang out when we’re home. We do what guys do, with our friends. We like to chill, hang out, talk, watch sports.”

Rhodes and Smith were in the same grade at Norland Middle School in Miami Gardens for a time, but Rhodes said they’ve never been on the field together for any game as teammates or opponents. Rhodes went to Norland High School.

“We just always had different tastes in where we wanted to be,” Rhodes said. “He was with this Pop Warner team and I went to another Pop Warner team. It so happened I never played against him. It’s always kind of cool to play against your childhood friend. It’s going to be a great experience.”

Follow Chris Tomasson at twitter.com/christomasson.