Clayton, who’s worked as a sales representative at Stryker Orthopaedics, has hinted he’s big on living a healthy lifestyle, so an athletic partner may be his type. The Eureka, Missouri, native was a Division I football player at the University of Missouri and a free agent player for the Seattle Seahawks for two months (he wasn’t selected to make the final roster, per his LinkedIn.) He’s also shared on his LinkedIn profile, “I enjoy hiking and biking on the nature trails around the Columbia area. I make it my duty to emphasize living a healthy lifestyle, therefore I exercise daily and am in the process of learning to cook healthy meals that also surprisingly have flavor!” Meanwhile, during filming in his hometown, Clayton told St. Louis’ Fox affiliate, “I’m excited. I’m also very, very nervous, and I’m looking to find my person." Is his person lurking in our list of hopefuls below? We hope so! Ahead of ABC’s Bachelor Season 26 premiere on Monday, Jan, 3, 2022, take a look at our roundup of Clayton Echard’sThe Bachelor Season 26 contestants, as revealed on the official Bachelor Twitter page!
The Bachelor Season 26 contestants and cast (2022)
Cassidy
Cassidy is a 26-year-old executive recruiter from Los Angeles, Calif.
Claire
Claire is a 28-year-old “spray tanner” and native of Virginia Beach, Va.
Daria
Daria is a law student from Baldwin, NY, and is 24 years old.
Eliza
Eliza, a 25-year-old marketing manager, hails from Berlin, Germany.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a real estate advisor from Highlands Ranch, Colo., and is 32.
Ency
Ency is 28 years old, works as a sales manager and is from Burbank, Calif.
Gabby
Gabby, an ICU nurse, is from Denver, Colo., and is 30 years old.
Genevieve
Genevieve is 26 and is a bartender from Los Angeles, Calif.
Hailey
Hailey is 26 years old, works as a pediatric nurse and hails from Orlando, Fla.
Hunter
A 28-year-old human resources specialist, Hunter is from Charlotte, N.C.
Ivana
Ivana is 31 and is a bar mitzvah dancer from Queens, N.Y.
Jane
Jane is 33 and is a social media director from Los Angeles, Calif.
Jill
Jill is from Scituate, R.I. She’s 26 and works as an architectural historian.
Kate
Kate is 32, works as a real estate agent and comes from Lake Hollywood, Calif.
Kira
Kira is a 32-year-old physician from Philadelphia, Penn.
Lindsay D.
Lindsay is a 27-year-old neonatal nurse from Jacksonville, Fla.
Lyndsey W.
Lyndsey is 28 and is an industrial sales representative from Orange, Tex.
Mara
Mara is an entrepreneur from Collingswood, N.J. She’s 32.
Marlena
Marlena is a 30-year-old former Olympian (ooh, athletic!) and hails from Virginia Beach, Va.
Melina
Melina is 27-year-old personal trainer from West Hollywood, Calif.
Rachel
Rachel is 25 and is a flight instructor from Clermont, Fla.
Rianna
Rianna is a 26-year-old registered nurse from Dallas, Tex.
Salley
Salley is 26 and is from Charlottesville, Va. Her occupation is listed as “previously engaged.”
Samantha
Samantha is a 26-year-old occupational therapist from San Diego, Calif.
Sarah
Sarah is 23 and is a wealth management advisor from New York, N.Y.
Serene
Serene is 26 and is an elementary school teacher (just like Bachelorette Michelle Young!) from Oklahoma City, Okla.
Shanae
Shanae is a recruiter from Sycamore, Ohio. She’s 29.
Sierra
Sierra is a 26-year-old yoga instructor from Dallas, Tex.
Susie
Susie is 28 and is a wedding videographer from Virginia Beach, Va.
Teddi
Teddi is a surgical unit nurse (so many nurses this season!) from Highland, Calif. She’s 24.
Tessa
Tessa is 26 and is a human resources specialist from Brooklyn, N.Y.
When does Clayton’s Season 26 of The Bachelor start?
Clayton’s season of The Bachelor will debut its premiere episode on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. Next, Bachelor in Paradise Bartender Wells Adams Shares His Ultimate Summer Cocktails
