{"id":2405,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2405","headline":"Commanders practice squad QB Sam Hartman named the next Bachelor","dek":"The former Notre Dame quarterback has spent two seasons on Washington's practice squad and will now headline the dating show.","body":"Sam Hartman is trading the scout team for reality television. The Commanders backup quarterback, who has spent two seasons on Washington's practice squad, has been announced as the next star of \"The Bachelor.\"\n\nHartman, a former Notre Dame signal caller, has yet to see game action for the Commanders during his time on the practice squad. That hasn't stopped him from landing a very different kind of spotlight, one that involves roses instead of routes.\n\nThe move marks an unusual offseason pivot for an NFL player still trying to find his way onto an active roster. Whether this new gig complicates his football future remains to be seen, but for now Hartman is set to become the most famous practice squad player in the league, for reasons that have nothing to do with football.","published_at":"2026-11-13T23:34:29.699473+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Former Notre Dame, current Commanders QB Sam Hartman to star in new season of 'The Bachelor'","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/notre-dame-commanders-sam-hartman-named-the-bachelor-season-30/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Sam Hartman, Commanders backup QB, announced as 'The Bachelor'","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7778957/2026/11/13/sam-hartman-bachelor-commanders-notre-dame/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ex-Notre Dame and current Washington Commanders QB Sam Hartman to be the next 'Bachelor'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/ex-notre-dame-and-current-washington-commanders-qb-sam-hartman-to-be-the-next-bachelor-133028697.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Washington Commanders QB Sam Hartman is ABC’s next ‘Bachelor’","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/sam-hartman-abc-next-bachelor.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"🌹 Commanders QB Sam Hartman to star as 'The Bachelor' in show's 30th season","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50472000/sam-hartman-bachelor-season-30"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}