Sam Hartman Being Picked As The Bachelor Cements Awful Losing Streak For Notre Dame Quarterbacks In The NFL

Sam Hartman was announced on Friday morning as The Bachelor for Season 30 of ABC’s hit reality television series. His selection does not reflect well on Notre Dame quarterbacks in the NFL.

Fighting Irish signal-callers have not had much any success as professional in (more than) the last decade.

Although Hartman’s NFL career may not be over, this latest announcement cements a brutal losing streak. It dates back to 2012.

Sam Hartman will be The Bachelor in 2027.

For those who do not know, Sam Hartman began his college football career at Wake Forest in 2018. The North Carolina-native was rated as a three-star prospect in the recruiting Class of 2018 and received only two other scholarship offers from Charlotte and Elon. He ultimately spent five seasons with the Demon Deacons. It was an up-and-down career.

Hartman started nine games as a true freshman in 2018 and finished 4-5. He started and won only one game in 2019. And then he started nine games again in 2020 and finished 4-5. That next year was a big breakout year.

Hartman threw for 4,228 yards and 39 touchdowns (with 14 interceptions) in 14 games as the starter in 2021. Wake Forest went 11-3, won the ACC Atlantic Division and won the Gator Bowl.

It was announced prior to the 2022 season that Hartman would miss some time with a very serious medical condition. The fifth-year senior was diagnosed with Paget-Schroetter disease, which is a form of deep vein thrombosis in the upper body that leads to the formation of blood clots.

However, although he had a rib removed (and turned into a necklace) he missed only one game! Hartman went 7-5 in 2022 and finished his time at Wake Forest as the record holder for career passing attempts, completions, yards, and touchdowns, and finished with the most touchdown passes and second-most passing yards in conference history.

Due to his medical condition and the blanket waiver presented to every athlete in 2020, Hartman was able to return for a sixth year. Notre Dame brought him to South Bend through the transfer portal. The Fighting Irish went 9-3 in 2023.

Although Hartman went undrafted in 2024, he immediately signed with the Washington Commanders as an undrafted free agent. The 27-year-old spent each of the last three seasons on the practice squad.

Now he’s The Bachelor! ABC announced the casting as official on Friday.