Who is Bachelor season 26 star Clayton Echard?
CLAYTON Echard was chosen as The Bachelor for the franchise's 26th season.
The former football player was first introduced to Bachelor Nation in season of the Bachelorette which aired on October 19, 2021.
Who is Clayton Echard?
Clayton Echard, 29, was the Bachelor for the season 26 of the program.
He hails from Eureka, Missouri, and was reportedly a professional football player.
Echard played for the Missouri Tigers in 2012 prior to being drafted for the National Football League four years later.
In 2016 he was signed to the Seattle Seahawks.
It is unclear when he left the NFL but according to his Instagram bio, he is now in orthopedic sales.
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Who won Clayton Echard's season of Bachelor?
Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor did not have a traditional ending.
During his Fantasy Suite date with Susie Evans, she questions his ability to truly love her while still dating and sleeping with the other contestants.
Susie leaves the show, seemingly dumping Clayton.
After the producers convince Susie to return to the show, Clayton proposes to her at his Final Rose Ceremony in Iceland.
Susie rejects his proposal, and Clayton is left single.
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However, the After the Final Rose Ceremony episode reveals that Susie reached back out to Clayton while the two were still in Iceland and the pair began rekindling their relationship.
Susie eventually revealed that although the two were not engaged they would be moving in together and she called him her "boyfriend."
The two updated their fans on their relationship on Friday, September 23, and announced they had split once again.
"With incredibly heavy hearts, we wanted to share that we have decided to go our separate ways," Susie posted on Instagram.
"For anyone who has ever loved, knows this was a painful decision to make and not one taken lightly," she continued.
She wrote she understood "there will likely be a lot of questions about this decision." She wrote the last year brought them "so much joy and so many laughs, there has also been a significant amount of pain."
"We both are focused on continuing to work on ourselves, so we can be the best version of ourselves," she continued.
Was Clayton Echard eliminated from The Bachelorette?
Echard was not given a rose during the sixth rose ceremony that aired on November 23, 2021.
Producers revealed that some of Michelle's students would be planning the dates that week, and Echard scored the one-on-one.
In a 'Midnight At The Museumesque' date, the chemistry didn't seem to radiate between the pair.
When Young sent Echard home at the rose ceremony, she said it was an "incredibly difficult"; decision for her.
"Something is missing for me," she told the producers during an interview.
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But when she said goodbye to Echard, she said, "You are this amazing, wonderful person and you are enough.
“Without a doubt, there is going to be the right time and place for that relationship. I truly believe that.”