The full case was announced on Friday, April 13, and some of the standouts include the subject of the biopic I, Tonya, Tonya Harding, Pyeongchang Olympics sweetheart Adam Rippon and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (See the full cast below.)
DWTS is no stranger to casting athletes and regularly has two or three mixed in with other stars, such as singers, actors and everything in between.
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The most recent winner from the sports world was NFL running back Rashad Jennings in Season 24. The runner-up that year was another athlete David Ross, an MLB catcher fresh off winning the World Series with the Chicago Cubs.
Out of 25 seasons of the show, an athlete has won 10 times, meaning a sports star has won about once every three seasons. Many athletes have also finished in the final four or higher and there have been eight total sports stars that have finished as the runner-up, including NFL stars Jerry Rice and Jason Taylor and MMA fighter Paige VanZant.
