Former Bachelor Jesse Palmer retires from professional football
Looks like Hollywood came calling… Jessie Palmer has officially retired from professional football after a lacklustre career that was most notable as his turn on ABC’s Bachelor. Jessie was ABC’s fifth Bachelor, which aired the spring of 2004. He chose Jessica Bowlin for the final rose, but axed the traditional engagement ring for a one-way plane ticket (Ouch!) Not surprisingly, they announced their split shortly after the final rose ceremony. His football career was going just as well!
Jesse Palmer’s charming personality and good looks may have helped him on The Bachelor’s fifth season but it did nothing for his football career, which reportedly came to an end Thursday.
The 28-year-old quarterback had stints with the NFL’s New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, as well as more recently with the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes, before walking away from the game this week to pursue a broadcasting career back in the States, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported Thursday.
Similar to the five seasons he spent as a backup quarterback with the Giants and 49ers in the NFL, Palmer never got the chance to play during his brief CFL career, as he spent the second half of last season on the Alouettes’ developmental roster. Jim Popp, the team’s coach and general manager, was unwavering in his decision to stick with veteran quarterback Anthony Calvillo for the upcoming CFL season, but added that didn’t effect Palmer’s decision to retire, according to the CBC.
Interestingly enough, after the Bachelor aired, Jesse lost his spot as backup quarterback to Tim Hasselbeck… yep, the very husband of former Survivor Elisabeth (Filarski) Hasselbeck and current co-host of The View… and was cut from the team.
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