Bachelor Nation could speculate all day about who should be the next leading man on The Bachelor [1] — and, trust us, we have [2]. However, until Chris Harrison [3] makes the announcement, it's all just talk. If anyone were to guess who the next Bachelor should be, a former Bachelor is probably the best person to ask. After all, they know what it takes to get the job, right? We sat down with Colton Underwood [4], who partnered with the veggie burger brand MorningStar Farms [5] to lose his "veginity," to see who he thought should be handed the reins next.

"I'm a few episodes behind in Bachelor in Paradise [6], and you can never really count anybody who's on that show out, obviously, because I did that and I think Nick [Viall] did that as well," Colton said. "I think Peter [Weber] [7] has a lot of good things that make him a good Bachelor. There's some other good candidates, too, don't get me wrong, but I would either be voting Peter and then I've seen recently a strong push for Derek [Peth] [8]."

Colton said Derek would be an interesting choice, and it could actually happen because he's a little older. Just a reminder that Colton is almost the youngest leading man [9] the franchise has ever had and a big talking point in recent seasons is that contestants are "too young." So Derek, who is in his 30s, could bring the show to casting a slightly older group.

I couldn't help but to bring up that I'm leading a personal Mike-Johnson-for-the-Next-Bachelor campaign [10], but since Colton hasn't met him, it sounds like he's betting on Peter, although Derek could sneak in there.

Peter is certainly well-liked by Bachelor Nation. He's a pilot [11] who comes from an aviation family, including a cute younger brother who's also a pilot [12]. Plus, his parents are cool with him openly talking about how he got it on in a windmill [13] four times in one night, so the woman he proposes to would get a fun second family in addition to a smoking-hot personal pilot. You might be on to something here, Colton.

Now all we're wondering is, will Colton give Peter a fence-jumping [14] lesson? You know, just in case . . .