Former NFL Star Herschel Walker Confirmed as First US Bahamas Ambassador in Nearly 15 Years

Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 11, 2025. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

WASHINGTON–The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed former NFL star and political candidate Herschel Walker to serve as the United States’ next ambassador to the Bahamas, filling a position that has been vacant for nearly 15 years.

Walker was one of more than 100 nominees confirmed in a single vote, after Republican lawmakers changed Senate rules to allow quicker confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees.