Your new star of The Bachelor on ABC is... Sam Hartman! The member of the Washington Commanders practice squad is a quarterback who will join names like Jesse Palmer, Colton Underwood and Mel Owens as ex-NFL players to be the star of the dating show (or its Golden Bachelor spinoff). His season is coming in March of 2027, after the end of this year of NFL action.
So who is Hartman? That's a great question. If you're here, you might be wondering the answer to that, and we've got answers. Here are some facts you should know about the new Bachelor as we celebrate the fact that the Commanders QB is your new star:
Sam Hartman was an undrafted free agent after a his college career
He attended Wake Forest and threw 39 touchdowns in 2021 for the Demon Deacons (albeit with 14 interceptions). He followed that up with another
solid season in 2022 before transferring to Notre Dame in 2023.
Despite going undrafted, he signed with the Washington Commanders and hasn't played in a single NFL regular-season game yet. He's currently a member of the team's practice squad.
Sam Hartman is a classy gent
Check out what he did after Duke QB Riley Leonard got injured in 2023:
Sam Hartman stayed on the field to check on Riley Leonard after he got injured on the final drive.
— ESPN (@espn) October 1, 2023
Class act 👏 pic.twitter.com/oEsEGe3b3N
He once wanted to make a necklace out of his own rib bone
This is not crazy. This is fairly normal for patients who have undergone surgeries to remove their top rib. Hartman had Paget-Schroetter syndrome and had the surgery, so he kept the bone:
"The Rib is in my fridge...it's well on its way to becoming a necklace...we're a couple weeks out just want to make sure it stays in one piece til then."
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) July 13, 2023
-@sam_hartman10 had a rib surgically removed last year and tells us he's determined to turn it into a piece of jewelry
His slow motion 40-yard dash at the NFL combine went viral
With that kind of hair, it had to viral.
The moment you've been waiting for.
— NFL (@NFL) March 2, 2024
The @sam_hartman10 slo-mo.
📺: #NFLCombine on @nflnetwork
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/TlT08SJeFR
He once had a hilarious exchange after being called "super hot"
Maybe that was the clip that clinched the Bachelor spot.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Who is Sam Hartman? 5 fascinating facts about new 'Bachelor' and Commanders QB
