A wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals

Chad Ochocinco may be best known for his skills on the field as a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals jerseys, but earlier this year, his appearance on Dancing With the Stars introduced the non-sports fans (they do exist!) to the football player's wild personality. He might not have won the coveted mirror ball trophy — he placed fourth with partner Cheryl Burke — but that didn't deter him from reality TV.

Tonight, at 9 p.m. ET, Ochocinco will head back to the small screen, this time looking for love in his new VH1 reality show, Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch. (The football star, who wears the number 85 on his back, begins his quest tonight with 85 women from all over the country.) Ochocinco wouldn't give out any spoilers, but he said everyone can relate to his new show — even his football fans who might be skeptical of a dating show. "People know me when it comes to football. To be able to see me in a different light is what makes it interesting," he says. Ochocinco took some time to tell us about the show and his dating style.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did the concept for your show come from?
CHAD OCHOCINCO: I'm not exactly sure how the concept came up. But when the idea was brought to me, I felt that it was a good opportunity to try something different. And since my traditional way of dating has failed me tremendously throughout my wonderful life, I thought 'Why not?' Why not try my hand at something different, and see if I can find that one out of 85? And it's been awesome. When I say awesome, I mean awesome.

How involved were you in the development of the show?
This is just my first rodeo. I don't need to be jumping into something like that, trying to create and trying to add input. All I wanted was to be me. I'm not doing anything that's scripted, and the things I'm going to do are going to come off as if there were no cameras rolling. So what you're getting, what you're seeing is my normal day-to-day life when I'm interacting with females. So what you see is exactly how I really am.

 

Sure, there are the givens: Chad "Mr. Personality" Ochocinco, Antonio "I'm Not Laverneus Coles" Bryant, and Andre "Mr. Anonymous" Caldwell.

After that you have the contenders: Quan "The Return Man Who Lives in Josh Cribbs' Shadow" Cosby, Jordan "The Next Wes Welker" Shipley, Dezmon "I'm Not That Guy in Dallas" Briscoe, Jerome "Underachiever Bart" Simpson, and Matt "A.A. Cured Me" Jones.

The fodder (unless someone did some serious work in the offseason) is: Freddie "John Doe" Brown (sorry, you are the odd man out).

 

Scott, boyfriend to Kourtney Kardashian, recently engaged in a brief Twitter exchange with Ochocinco about his legendary fashion sense. Notorious for dressing to the nines on "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami," Scott recently accepted a "suit off" challenge from his favorite new Cincinnati Bengals jerseys star.

On Saturday, Ochocinco tweeted to Scott: "dude I'm watching the show, who the does your suits, very nice, send them my way, I'm ready for a suit off anytime!"