Jack Plummer
{{Short description|American football player (born 1999)}}
{{distinguish|Jake Plummer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jack Plummer
| image = Jack Plummer (8184707) (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Plummer at the 2023 Holiday Bowl
| currentteam = Carolina Panthers
| number = 16
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|21}}
| birth_place = Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.{{Cite web |last=Bohnenkamp |first=John |date=October 16, 2021 |title=West-leading Iowa keeps eye on prize for Purdue visit |url=https://www.telegraphherald.com/sports/other_sports/article_26830745-205d-5977-b215-71212fff62ba.html |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=TelegraphHerald.com }}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 215
| high_school = Gilbert {{avoid wrap|(Gilbert, Arizona)}}
| college = Purdue (2019–2021)
California (2022)
Louisville (2023)
| undraftedyear = 2024
| pastteams =
- Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2024}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights =
| pfr = PlumJa01
}}
Jack Plummer (born October 21, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers, California Golden Bears, and Louisville Cardinals.
Early life
Plummer was born on October 21, 1999, in Dubuque, Iowa. He played high school football while attending Gilbert High School in Arizona, where he completed 515 of 888 passes for 6,913 yards and 69 touchdowns to 25 interceptions. He also added 572 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground while also bringing in one reception for 13 yards.{{cite web |title=Jack Plummer |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/az/gilbert/gilbert-tigers/athletes/jack-plummer/football/stats/?careerid=t8udv02dcko11 |website=Max Preps |access-date=June 23, 2023}} Plummer was named an honorable mention All-USA Arizona High School Team in the 2017 season.{{cite magazine |title=NFL Draft Profile: Jack Plummer, Quarterback, California Golden Bears |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/draft/news/jackplummer |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=October 18, 2022 |access-date=June 23, 2023}} Plummer committed to play college football at Purdue University over other schools such as Arizona, South Carolina and Oregon State.{{cite web |last=Obert |first=Richard |title=Jack Plummer commits to Purdue, Cash Peterman to BYU |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/recruting/2017/06/13/jack-plummer-purdue-cash-peterman-byu/393039001/ |website=AZCentral |access-date=June 23, 2023}}{{cite web |last=Carmin |first=Mike |title=Video: Purdue 2018 QB commitment Jack Plummer |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/2017/06/09/arizona-quarterback-commits-purdue/383015001/ |website=Journal & Courier |access-date=June 23, 2023}}
College career
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{{College Athlete Recruit Entry
| recruit = Jack Plummer
| position = QB
| hometown = Gilbert, Arizona
| highschool = Gilbert High School
| feet = 6
| inches = 5
| weight = 212
| commitdate = June 8, 2017
| scout stars = 3
| rivals stars = 3
| 247 stars = 3
| espn stars = 4
}}
|}
=Purdue=
Plummer made his first collegiate start at quarterback on September 14, 2019, against TCU, completing 13 of 19 passes for 181 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in a loss.{{cite web |last=Carmin |first=Mike |title=Purdue QB Jack Plummer makes first career start against TCU |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/college/purdue/football/2019/09/14/purdue-quarterback-jack-plummer-makes-first-career-start-against-texas-christian/2328345001/ |website=Journal & Courier |access-date=June 23, 2023}}{{cite web |title=2019 Game Logs |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jack-plummer-1/gamelog/2019/ |website=Sports Reference |access-date=June 23, 2023}} Plummer appeared in seven games on the season, completing 144 out of 241 passes for 1,603 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions, while also rushing for 62 yards. In 2020, Plummer started in the final three games of the season where he would go 88 out of 124 on his passing attempts for 988 yards and eight touchdowns to two interceptions, while rushing for 16 yards and a touchdown.{{cite web |title=Jack Plummer College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jack-plummer-1.html |website=Sports Reference |access-date=June 23, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Gaydos |first=Ryan |date=September 1, 2021 |title=Purdue, Arizona to feature quarterback brothers |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/purdue-arizona-quarterback-brothers.amp |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=FOX News}} Plummer opened the 2021 season as Purdue's starting quarterback in a week one matchup against Oregon State.{{cite web |last=Rosa |first=Rolando |title=Purdue's Jack Plummer and his younger brother will both be starting college QBs this weekend |url=https://saturdaytradition.com/purdue-football/purdues-jack-plummer-and-his-younger-brother-will-both-be-starting-college-qbs-this-weekend/ |website=Saturday Tradition |date=September 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2023}} However, he was benched four games into the season in favor of Aidan O'Connell.{{cite web |last1=Dienhart |first1=Tom |title=Aidan O'Connell 'excited to watch' Jack Plummer's journey |url=https://purdue.rivals.com/news/aidan-o-connell-excited-to-watch-jack-plummer-s-journey?guccounter=1 |website=Rival.com |date=December 15, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2023}} On the season, Plummer completed 87 of 127 passes for 864 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions, while adding 27 rushing yards. He entered the transfer portal in November.{{cite web |title=Purdue Football: Junior quarterback enters transfer portal |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/mens/football/article_8eeda0d4-51f6-11ec-93e6-9f46a01f4c20.html |website=Purdue Exponent |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}
=California=
Plummer transferred to California.{{cite news |last=Kroner |first=Steve |title=QB Jack Plummer transferring to Cal from Purdue |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/QB-Jack-Plummer-transferring-to-Cal-from-Purdue-16770436.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=June 23, 2023}} He was named the starter ahead of their season opener against UC Davis,{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Jackson |title=Cal Football releases initial 2022 Depth Chart |url=https://247sports.com/college/california/longformarticle/cal-football-depth-chart-two-deep-2022-season-quarterback-freshmen-jack-plummer-jeremiah-hunter-jackson-sirmon-192318341/amp/ |website=247Sports |access-date=June 23, 2023}} completing 23 of 35 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns in a 34–13 win.{{cite web |last=Dubow |first=Josh |title=Jack Plummer, California beat UC Davis 34-13 in season opener |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootball/2022/09/jack-plummer-california-beat-uc-davis-34-13-in-season-opener.html |website=Oregon Live |date=September 4, 2022 |access-date=June 23, 2023}} In the Golden Bears' last game of the season, Plummer had a career game, throwing for 294 yards and four touchdowns in a narrow loss to the 9–3, #18 UCLA Bruins.{{cite web |last=Stiglich |first=Joe |title=Bruins come back to knock off Bears |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/26/bruins-come-back-to-knock-off-bears/ |website=The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=June 23, 2023}} Plummer finished the 2022 season going 282 for 451 for a career best 3,095 yards and 21 touchdowns, while only throwing eight interceptions. Plummer also added a rushing touchdown. After one season with the Golden Bears, Plummer entered his name in the transfer portal.{{cite web |last=Rittenberg |first=Adam |title=Jack Plummer hits transfer portal after 1 season at Cal |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35300031/jack-plummer-hits-transfer-portal-1-season-cal?platform=amp |website=ESPN |date=December 21, 2022 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}
=Louisville=
Plummer transferred to Louisville for his final year of eligibility.{{cite web |last1=Uggetti |first1=Paolo |title=Ex-Cal QB Jack Plummer picks Louisville as third college stop |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35337667/ex-cal-qb-jack-plummer-picks-louisville-third-college-stop |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=ESPN|date=December 29, 2022 }} Named Louisville's starting quarterback, he led Louisville to a 10–2 record and an appearance in the 2023 ACC Championship Game.{{Cite web |title=Louisville Cardinals Schedule 2023 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/97/louisville-cardinals}}
=College statistics=
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| rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="3"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="5"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Purdue Boilermakers}}"| Purdue Boilermakers | |||||||||||||||
| 2018
| colspan="15"| Redshirt File:Redshirt.svg | |||||||||||||||
| 2019
| 9 || 6 || 2−4 || 144 || 241 || 59.8 || 1,603 || 6.7 || 11 || 8 || 124.0 || 62 || 56 || 0.9 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2020
| 3 || 3 || 0−3 || 88 || 124 || 71.0 || 938 || 7.6 || 8 || 2 || 152.6|| 16 || 21 || 1.3|| 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2021
| 9 || 4 || 3−1 || 87 || 127 || 68.5 || 864 || 6.8 || 7 || 0 || 143.8 || 27 || -3 || -0.1 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|California Golden Bears}}"| California Golden Bears | |||||||||||||||
| 2022
| 12 || 12 || 4−8 || 282 || 451 || 62.5 || 3,119 || 6.9 || 21 || 9 || 132.0 || 52 || -126 || -2.4 || 1 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisville Cardinals}}"| Louisville Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
| 2023
| 14|| 14|| 10−4 || 256 || 395 || 64.8 || 3,204|| 8.1|| 21|| 12|| 144.4 || 98|| 34 || 0.3 || 1 | |||||||||||||||
| [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jack-plummer-1.html Career] | 45 | 38 | 19−20 | 857 | 1,338 | 64.1 | 9,728 | 7.3 | 68 | 31 | 137.3 | 255 | -18 | -0.1 | 3 |
Professional career
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| note = All values from Pro Day{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1023149&DraftYear=2024 |title=2024 NFL Draft Scout Jack Plummer College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=May 11, 2024}}
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Plummer signed as a undrafted free agent with the Carolina Panthers after going undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft.{{cite web|title=Panthers make roster moves, including signing 19 undrafted free agents|url=https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-make-roster-moves-including-signing-18-undrafted-free-agents|author=Gantt, Darin|website=Panthers.com|date=May 10, 2024|access-date=May 11, 2024}} He was waived on August 27, and re-signed to the practice squad.{{Cite web |last=Gantt |first=Darin |date=August 27, 2024 |title=Panthers make moves to get to initial 53-man roster |url=https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-make-moves-to-get-to-initial-53-man-roster |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=Panthers.com}}{{Cite web |last=Gantt |first=Darin |date=August 28, 2024 |title=Nine players signed to practice squad |url=https://www.panthers.com/news/nine-players-signed-to-practice-squad |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=Panthers.com}} Plummer was promoted to the active roster on December 28.{{cite web|title=Mike Boone, Jack Plummer added to active roster|url=https://www.panthers.com/news/mike-boone-jack-plummer-added-to-active-roster-chau-smith-wade-ir|author=Gantt, Darin|website=Panthers.com|date=December 28, 2024}}
Personal life
Plummer is the brother of former Arizona Wildcats quarterback Will Plummer.{{Cite web |last=Lev |first=Michael |date=December 5, 2020 |title=Colorado-Arizona storylines: A Plummer family surprise, an enduring cornerback and an emerging linebacker |url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/football/colorado-arizona-storylines-a-plummer-family-surprise-an-enduring-cornerback-and-an-emerging-linebacker/article_03e7e81a-3685-11eb-8bd5-a30a1750014f.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=Arizona Daily Star}}{{cite web | last=Pedersen | first=Brian J. | title=Quarterback Will Plummer not listed on Arizona football spring roster | website=Arizona Desert Swarm | date=February 15, 2023 | url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/2023/2/15/23600685/arizona-wildcats-football-spring-roster-will-plummer-martell-irby-2023-pac12-ucla | access-date=October 16, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.panthers.com/team/players-roster/jack-plummer/ Carolina Panthers bio]
- [https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/jack-plummer/21301 California Golden Bears bio]
- [https://gocards.com/sports/football/roster/jack-plummer/13527 Louisville Cardinals bio]
- [https://purduesports.com/sports/football/roster/jack-plummer/10917 Purdue Boilermakers bio]
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