Sam Hartman's Agent Reveals If Bachelor Will Affect Football Schedule
Sam Hartman's season on The Bachelor may be quite the blitz.
After the Washington Commanders quarterback was selected as the top pick for season 30, one of his agents shared whether his search for love on the ABC series will impact his time on the field.
In fact, though the series is expected to premiere in March, the NFL star—who joined the Commanders as an undrafted free agent in 2024—shouldn't be on the end of any interceptions.
"[Filming schedule is still being worked out to accommodate the [Commanders] schedule,” Hartman's agent Brian McLaughlin told ESPN’s Kalyn Kahler Nov. 13. “He did run it by the team and they understood."
And when it came to the aspect of handing over his cell phone once filming started, McLaughlin joked that he might find a way to steal Hartman for a sec. (The show's production will overlap with the NFL free agency come March 11.)
"I plan on standing outside the mansion and yelling offers to him over the gate," he told Kahler. "I'll call the mansion landline, worst case scenario."
The glimpse into Hartman's potential shake-up comes after the 27-year-old shared his disbelief about becoming the next Bachelor lead.
"I’m excited but also very nervous," Hartman admitted on Good Morning America Nov. 13. "I have a tough time holding conversation with one girl. 30 is going to be pretty tough."
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However, as Hartman joked, he likely won't need to huddle up with his squad for any words of wisdom.
“My teammates were giving me some advice on the plane ride back,” the NFL player said. “So probably not going to listen to anybody on that. But no, I'm excited.”
As for who else is thrilled, Hartman's loved ones are ready for his journey to begin as well.
“They're excited,” he said of his family. “My mom and I have a really cool relationship, and my pops is obviously just supportive. And their big thing is just be myself and enjoy the experience, and you know, trust the instincts and trust your gut.”
Until Hartman makes his rosy debut, take a look at where other Bachelor Nation couples stand today...
Sean & Catherine Lowe
Lest the couple forget where their journey began, they need only walk past the master bedroom in their Dallas-area pad. That's where the graphic designer has framed the final final rose that season 17's Bachelor presented her back in that Thai forest in late 2012, right after he promised to tell her he loved her every day of the rest of their lives.
"It made sense to dry this one and make it permanent because it was accompanied by a ring and a proposal, so this is a really special thing," Catherine explained to Entertainment Tonight in 2017. Because that last rose ceremony, complete with an elephant ride and a $75,000 Neil Lane diamond, is as much part of their story as the the sweet, suburban life that followed with kids Samuel, 5, Isaiah, 3, and Mia, 2. "We don't want to shy away from the fact that we got engaged and fell in love on The Bachelor," she said, "so that is the only red rose I will allow in my house!"
Trista & Ryan Sutter
The OG Bachelorette, Trista was the first to prove that a stint in the mansion could lead to love, marriage and even Bachelor babies. "Nowadays they shoot the show for, I believe, three months. So it's like 12 weeks," the author shared with Us Weekly of her 2003 season. "My show was shot in six weeks. So Ryan and I met, got engaged, got married a year later, after knowing each other for six weeks. So that's how it used to be."
Their decade years holding it down as the show's success story have taught the Colorado-based pair they can handle pretty much anything. Including months sheltering in place with their kids, son Maxwell, 14, and daughter Blakesley, 13. "It's really hard for us to get a date night. I think when the kids are working, we try to take advantage of that time as much as possible," she said of scheduling around the firefighter's early bird tendencies. "But yeah, we're good. We're 16 years and this too shall pass, as they say."
Jason & Molly Mesnick
Who even remembers that the sweet divorced dad originally proposed to Melissa Rycroft? Okay, probably a lot of people, as his 2009 After the Final Rose switcheroo still ranks as one of the series' most shocking moments. But if all's well that end's well, the only thing that matters is that the Seattle-based parents to daughter Riley marked 10 years of marriage this past February.
"Let me apologize publicly again for putting you through the Bachelor mess that I created," Jason, also dad to teen Ty, wrote in an anniversary tribute. "With that being said... it built an incredible, unique, foundation for us to build our family—showing that we can make it through anything."
Chris & Peyton Lambton
In true Bachelor fashion, native Tennesseean Peyton simply knew when she laid eyes on her future husband. Though it wasn't season 10 lead Andy Baldwin. Nearly four years after the naval officer sent her home, the Bachelor Pad alum turned up at another series-related event in 2010 and spied Chris, fresh off his showing as Ali Fedotowsky's runner-up. "It's one of those things where I've had a ton of serious relationships," she later explained to People, "and I met this kid and he was genuine, outgoing and hilarious and we just click."
By the following June, the landscaper was proposing at his home in Cape Cod. And more than a decade, two kids (daughter Lyla, 5, and son Hayes, 3) and a few HGTV and DIY Network shows later, they credit the series with laying their foundation. As Peyton put it in an August 2020 Instagram post, "Without the show I'm not sure our paths would have ever crossed."
Desiree Hartsock & Chris Siegfried
For as much as the wedding dress designer seemed to key in on Brooks Forester during her 2013 season, it was sweet mortgage lender Chris and his thoughtful prose that proved to be the perfect fit. More than seven years after their L.A. vows (during which the Desiree Hartsock Bridal designer wore two of her own original creations) they're settled in Portland, Oregon, with sons Asher, 5, and Zander, 3.
"If our life were a storybook I would be the damsel in distress," the host of podcast Heart of Purpose surmised in a February 2020 post. "Chris would be the funny yet charming knight who saves the day, Asher would be the pragmatic problem solver while his little brother would be the carefree sidekick trying to kiss all the ladies!" And they would all enjoy a happy ending. As Desiree put it in a post acknowledging the choice of Clare Crawley as Bachelorette, "Reality TV worked for me!"
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Jade & Tanner Tolbert
The gold standard in Paradise success stories, the married duo have inspired countless rose seekers to turn up in Mexico with visions of Neil Lane diamonds and Chris Harrison-officiated vows dancing in their heads. The couple's time on the spin-off's second season yielded both, and with son Reed's November 2020 arrival, they'll tie the Lowes for most Bachelor offspring.
"Life gets crazy sometimes," Jade wrote in a January anniversary post of juggling 4-year-old daughter Emmy and 2-year-old son Brooks, "but I wouldn't want to go through this hand-in-hand with anyone but you. I would choose you 1000 times over."
Dean Unglert & Caelynn Miller-Keyes
When the Bachelor in Paradise alum returned to the beaches of Nayarit, he was initially hesitant to pursue the Bachelor finalist, worried his peripatetic lifestyle wouldn't "mesh" with the former beauty queen's. But nearly three years (plus one brief breakup and a scary December 2019 ski accident that saw Dean laid up in Switzerland for weeks) later, they, and the van he calls home, are jelling just fine.
"Obviously I was wrong about that because things are going well," he shared on his podcast Help! I Suck at Dating in October 2019, months before they started wearing rings to show their shared commitment. Mostly, he appreciates that she has a healthy level of snark and the ability to handle his jokes. "I can be myself around her," he continued. "Which is a nice change."
Astrid Loch & Kevin Wendt
Though he skipped the Neil Lane-sponsored proposal on Bachelor in Paradise in 2018, Kevin was ready to take a knee by the following fall, proposing in his native Toronto where he and Astrid share a home.
While they've since had to push off their planned November 2020 vows in her Florida hometown, "We're actually okay with it," Astrid wrote on Instagram, noting that making the decision to postpone due to the coronavirus pandemic allowed them to focus on their connection more than the myriad wedding details. "I wouldn't want to tackle 2020 & the rest of life with anyone else by my side." Now "back in the full swing of wedding planning," as she put it on Instagram, they'll wed this October just weeks before son August's first birthday.
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JoJo Fletcher & Jordan Rodgers
Even the most wishful of Bachelorette fans likely weren't betting on JoJo and Jordan's journey leading them to an altar. Because with the persistent rumors of the former Vanderbilt quarterback's ill intentions ramping up even before they took the stage for the requisite grin-and-gush After the Final Rose appearance in 2016, it seemed unlikely she would still be wearing her 3.75-carat Neil Lane diamond years later.
Which, she's not. But only because Jordan presented the real estate developer with an upgrade in August 2019. Though their summer 2020 wedding plans were scrapped due to the pandemic ("I know it will be all more worth the wait," JoJo wrote in a post acknowledging their would-be June day), they tied the knot in May 2022. "You make me laugh, love me endlessly, encourage me to be brave, and always, without fail, are my biggest cheerleader," the native Texan wrote in a post on their fourth anniversary. "Can't wait for what the rest of our lives have in store for us."
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Ashley Iaconetti & Jared Haibon
Consider Ashley the poster child for ignoring all of the standard he's-just-not-that-into-you signs. Because after four years of lusting for the guy she declared her dream man upon sight, she was proven right at their August 2019 vows in Newport, R.I.
Every bit as all-in as his bride, who welcomed their son Dawson in January, Jared reflected on their perfect day on Instagram, writing, "Ashley is my best friend, my person, my soulmate and now my wife. I love this woman more than words will ever allow me to express."
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Raven Gates & Adam Gottschalk
Who needs Neil Lane and a beach backdrop when you have this much imagination? The Dallas-based real estate agent went big when proposing to his Paradise love in May 2019. "She thought it was a normal shoot day," Adam told E! News of his plan to turn a set-up for her online boutique into an impromptu engagement session. "We were at the helicopter pad on the roof and Raven had roses in her hand. She was throwing the petals up for cute photos. She did a few practice runs and then the videographer slipped me the ring and once she threw the petals up, I got down on one knee. I blacked out, but I got everything out that I wanted."
Three months after their April 2021 vows, she announced she was expecting son Gates. "OVER THE MOON EXCITED TO SHARE THE NEWS!" she wrote on social media. "I've loved you before you were in my womb!" Raven and Adam welcomed the child in January 2022.
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Hannah Godwin & Dylan Barbour
Sure, she waffled a bit in the early days of Paradise, unsure if her heart belonged to Barbour or Blake Horstmann, but once she zeroed in on the tech entrepreneur, she truly committed. Now the California-based duo are busying themselves with putting together their dream nuptials. While Barbour is set on a good DJ and "maybe an In-N-Out truck," Godwin is thinking big picture.
"I have a few little things saved on social media," she told E! News in November 2019. "I have such fun ideas, but good weather, a cool view and a really good time. That's the one thing we do talk about and reiterate."
Arie Luyendyk Jr. & Lauren Burnham
So he pulled a Mesnick? More than three years after Bachelor Arie dumped onetime fiancée Becca Kufrin on-air to start things up again with Lauren, the pair are married (Chris Harrison officiated their January 2019 wedding in Hawaii, natch), loving life with their 2-year-old daughter Alessi and 11-month-old twins Lux and Senna and perfecting the art of getting through tough times together. Following a heartbreaking 2020 miscarriage, Arie gifted his bride with an eternity band symbolizing "that we will always have each other in our darkest times," Lauren explained. "i think it's safe to say he gets husband of the year."
To hear Arie tell it, though, makes him the lucky one. "The fact is, I'm really happy with Lauren," he told GQ in 2018 of their origin story. "So for me, it was all worth it."
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