Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb is no longer playing NFL football, but his appearances weekly on national television continue.
In addition to his duties as a college football analyst for the SEC Network, Cobb joins the 18-member celebrity cast of Fox’s reality show “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” this fall.
Beginning its fourth season and premiering Sept. 25, the show puts the 18 “recruits” through tasks similar to challenges faced in military special forces training.
Cobb promoted his upcoming role in the show on his Instagram account Aug. 6.
Three of the other 17 cast members on the show are former NFL players Eric Decker, Andrew East and Johnny Manziel. Other former athletes who are part of the adventures in Morocco include Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Shawn Johnson East, former NBA player Nick Young, and World Cup champion and Olympic soccer gold medalist Christie Pearce Rampone.
The remainder of the cast includes actor Jussie Smollett, who returns to television six years after allegedly faking a hate crime.
Country music artist Jessie James Decker, model Chanel Iman, actress Eva Marcille and internet personalities Mark Estes and Brianna LaPaglia are also listed as participants.
Reality show stars Kody Brown, Brittany Cartwright, Gia and Teresa Giudice, and actor Ravi V. Patel round out the group.
According to the show’s website, Fox says the contestants on the reality series will “endure the extreme circumstances of urban warfare.”
“Viewers see the recruits face the harshest of environments that simulate the highly classified selection process, pushing themselves in the ultimate test of their physical, mental and emotional resilience and revealing the celebrities’ deepest and truest character,” Fox said.
Morocco’s desert landscape will add to the difficulty of the training exercises.
Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb will compete on Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.”
Waukesha native Nick Vilall was part of the cast in season two and was one of three cast members to complete every challenge.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former Packer Cobb featured on ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’
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