The former NFL player, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 2022, will be the first ambassador to the Bahamas in nearly 15 years.

Walker is a former NFL player who played with Dallas, Minnesota, Philadelphia and the New York Giants. He won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Georgia.

He lost his Senate campaign in 2022 to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff. Walker’s campaign was marked by turbulence and scandal, including financial troubles, micromanaging and questions about his past that he struggled to address. Weeks before the election, a report revealed that Walker, who ran on an anti-abortion platform, had paid for an abortion in 2009.

He acknowledged having given a $700 check to an ex-partner but denied knowing it was for an abortion in a 2022 interview with NBC News.