LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An NFL quarterback is ready to find his forever teammate as Bachelor Nation heads to the football stadium.
On Friday morning, Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Hartman was announced as the lead of the next season of “The Bachelor.”
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Hartman, 27, spent five seasons with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons before playing a year with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was signed by the Commanders in 2024.
He holds the ACC record for most career touchdown passes and 300-yard passing games.
“I have probably a tough time holding a conversation with one girl, 30 is going to be pretty tough,” Hartman said of his nerves on “Good Morning America.”
He says his teammates gave him some advice, but joked he probably won’t listen to any of them.
“I think anybody in their right mind, if you told them, ‘Hey, you have a chance to go find the love of your life,’ [they’d take it],” he said.
“The Bachelor” returns for the first time in more than two years in March 2027.
It will be the first season of a “Bachelor” franchise to air since “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” was canceled days before the premiere.
“The Bachelor” Season 30 premieres Sunday, March 21 at 8 p.m. on Channel 2.
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