The New Orleans Saints invited Ryan Sutter, who gained fame in 2003 by marrying Trista Rehn in ABC's "The Bachelorette," to try out for the NFL team.

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The Vail, Colo., firefighter was invited last week to the Saints' rookie minicamp, the New York Post reported Monday.

Sutter was an all-conference defensive back when he attended the University of Colorado. A fifth-round pick in the 1998 draft, Sutter signed with the Carolina Panthers, but dislocated his shoulder in his first game to end his NFL career.

Sutter later played a season in Europe for the Barcelona Dragons.

Some 17 million viewers watched Sutter marry Rehn in December 2003 during the first season of "The Bachelorette."

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His wife, a former Miami Heat dancer, has been cast in an ABC summer reality series called "Dancing with the Stars."