Commanders quarterback Sam Hartman’s next position? Star of ‘The Bachelor.’

“The Bachelor” is struggling. Can Sam Hartman revive it?

The Washington Commanders’ practice-squad quarterback, 27, is slated to helm season 30 of the long-running dating reality show next spring, where he’ll attempt to find love among 30 women yet to be announced as contestants.

“I’m excited but also very nervous,” Hartman told “Good Morning America” Friday in his first “Bachelor” interview. “I have a tough time holding conversation with one girl. Thirty is going to be pretty tough.”

Filming has not yet begun for this season, which is scheduled to premiere in March. Hartman is a bit player in the NFL — he has never thrown a pass in a game that counts — and it’s unclear whether he’d miss any practice or game time to film the show.

A Charlotte, North Carolina, native, Hartman was the first freshman in Wake Forest football history to start at quarterback in a season opener. In 2022, he received the Brian Piccolo Award for the most courageous player in the ACC after undergoing surgery for Paget-Schroetter disease, a form of deep vein thrombosis in the arm.

After transferring to Notre Dame in 2023, Hartman went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft. The Commanders later signed him as a free agent. It does not appear the Commanders view him as a developmental prospect; another undrafted free agent, Athan Kaliakmanis, is their third-stringer this season.

The “Bachelor” franchise’s viewership has been slipping in recent years. Last year, ABC hoped to reinvigorate the franchise by casting “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul to lead a season of “The Bachelorette.” But ABC scrapped the season days before it was set to premiere in March amid domestic violence allegations and police investigations between Paul and her ex-partner.

Now, after much chatter about how — and if — ABC could revive the franchise, the network is taking a chance on a pro athlete frequently dubbed one of the NFL’s best-looking players.

Other notable NFL alums who have appeared in the franchise include “Golden Bachelor” star and former Los Angeles Rams linebacker Mel Owens, former Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Clay Harbor, former practice squad members Colton Underwood and Dale Moss, and former New York Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer, who starred in “The Bachelor” in 2004 and now hosts the franchise.

In the capital region, Rockville native Joan Vassos, 63, was the first star of “The Golden Bachelorette” in 2024.

Hartman’s season of “The Bachelor” premieres Sunday, March 21, at 8 p.m. on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.