Ryan Lochte and retired NFL wide reciever Calvin Johnson will both compete on this year's season of "Dancing With The Stars".. Lochte is a twelve time medalist in the Olympic swimming events but has recently made headlines for a fabricated story involving Brazilian police in Rio. Calvin Johnson shocked football fans when he announced his retirement earlier this year. In just nine season Johnson had caught for over eleven thousand yards and 83 touchdowns. Johnson joins a long list of NFL stars who have participated on the show. The list  includes season three winner Emmitt Smith, season twelve winner Hines Ward, and season fourteen winner Donald Driver. The rest of this year's cast is listed below. This season's "Dancing With The Stars" debuts on September 12th.

"Brady Bunch" actress Maureen McCormick, with Artem Chigvintsev
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, with Cheryl Burke
Singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, with Allison Holker
"Little Women: LA" reality TV star Terra Jole, with Sasha Farber
Model, TV personality Amber Rose, with Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, with Valentin Chmerkovskiy
"Wizards of Waverly Place" actor Jake T. Austin, with Jenna Johnson
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, with Emma Slater
Singer-actress Jana Kramer, with Gleb Savchenko
"Taxi" star Marilu Henner, with Derek Hough
Rapper-reality star Vanilla Ice, with Witney Carson
IndyCar racer James Hinchcliffe, with Sharna Burgess

 

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