 Plummer at the 2023 Holiday Bowl | |
| Louisville Cardinals–No. 13 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 21, 1999 Dubuque, Iowa [1] |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Gilbert (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jack Plummer (born October 21, 1999) is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the Louisville Cardinals.
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. [2] Plummer was named an honorable mention All-USA Arizona High School Team in the 2017 season. [3] Plummer committed to play college football at Purdue University over other schools such as Arizona, South Carolina and Oregon State. [4] [5]
| US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits | ||||||
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| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
| Jack Plummer QB | Gilbert, Arizona | Gilbert High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 212 lb (96 kg) | Jun 8, 2017 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:  Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:  | ||||||
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. [6] [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] [10] Plummer opened the 2021 season as Purdue's starting quarterback in a week one matchup against Oregon State. [11] However, he was benched four games into the season in favor of Aidan O'Connell. [12] On the season, Plummer completed 87 of 127 passes for 864 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions, while adding 27 rushing yards. [13] He entered the transfer portal in November. [14] [15]
Plummer transferred to California. [16] [17] Heading into Cal's week one matchup against UC Davis, Plummer was named the team's starting quarterback. [18] In Plummer's first game with the Golden Bears he completed 23 out of 35 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns as he helped Cal get a 34–13 win over UC Davis. [19] In the Golden Bears' last game of the season, Plummer had career game throwing for 294 yards and four touchdowns in a narrow loss to the 9–3, #18 UCLA Bruins. [20] 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. [21] After only one season with the Golden Bears, Plummer entered his name in the transfer portal. [22] [23]
Plummer transferred to Louisville for his final year of eligibility. [24] [25] Named Louisville's starting quarterback, he led Louisville to a 10–2 record and an appearance in the 2023 ACC Championship Game. [26]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Purdue Boilermakers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Redshirt  | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Louisville Cardinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 10−4 | 256 | 395 | 64.8 | 3,204 | 8.1 | 21 | 12 | 144.4 | 98 | 34 | 0.3 | 1 | |
| Career [27] | 45 | 38 | 19−20 | 857 | 1,338 | 64.1 | 9,728 | 7.3 | 68 | 31 | 137.3 | 255 | -18 | -0.1 | 3 | |
Plummer is the brother of former University of Arizona quarterback Will Plummer. [28] [29]
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