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{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jake Plummer | image = Jake Plummer (cropped).jpg | caption = Plummer at [[Luke Air Force Base, Arizona|Luke Air Force Base]] in 1998 | position = [[Quarterback]] | number = 16 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|12|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Boise, Idaho]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 212 | draftyear = 1997 | draftround = 2 | draftpick = 42 | high_school = [[Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)|Capital]] (Boise) | college = [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] (1993β1996) | pastteams = * [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|1997}}β{{NFL Year|2002}}) * [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|2003}}β{{NFL Year|2006}}) * [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|2007}})* | highlights = * [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2006 Pro Bowl|2005]]) * [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] (1997) * First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1996 College Football All-America Team|1996]]) * [[Pac-12 Conference football individual awards|Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year]] (1996) * [[Pop Warner Trophy]] (1996) * 2Γ First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-10]] ([[1995 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1995]], [[1996 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1996]]) | statlabel1 = Pass attempts | statvalue1 = 4,350 | statlabel2 = Pass completions | statvalue2 = 2,484 | statlabel3 = Percentage | statvalue3 = 57.1 | statlabel4 = [[Touchdown|TD]]β[[Interception|INT]] | statvalue4 = 161β161 | statlabel5 = [[Passing yards]] | statvalue5 = 29,253 | statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]] | statvalue6 = 74.6 | pfr = PlumJa00 | CollegeHOF = 2440 }} '''Jason Steven''' "'''Jake'''" '''Plummer''' (born December 19, 1974) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[quarterback]] for 10 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State Sun Devils]]. Plummer was selected by the [[Arizona Cardinals]] in the second round of the [[1997 NFL draft]], spending six seasons with the Cardinals and then four with the [[Denver Broncos]]. Since retiring from the field, he launched Umbo, a functional mushroom supplement company alongside former UFC Champion [[Rashad Evans]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gabriel |first=Parker |date=2022-07-09 |title=From NFL QB to mushroom farmer: Jake Plummer's life-altering journey into the queendom of fungi |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2022/07/09/jake-plummer-mushroom-farm-mycolove-nfl-quarterback/10009803002/?gnt-cfr=1Career%20transition |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=USA Today}}</ref> He subsequently founded MyCOLove Farm in [[Fort Lupton, Colorado|Fort Lupton]], Colorado to better understand mushrooms and mycology. His nickname, "Jake the Snake", has no connection to [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] [[Jake Roberts|Jake "the Snake" Roberts]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSw1kvje2pA | title=Jake Plummer on Bo Nix, his real name, Mike Shanahan and his relationship with Pat Tillman | website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 16, 2024 }}</ref> Coincidentally, Plummer and Roberts each adopted the nickname as a tribute to former [[Oakland Raiders]] quarterback [[Ken Stabler]], who was nicknamed "Snake."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prowrestling.net/artman/publish/InterviewHighlights/article10012178.shtml | title=WWE legend Jake Roberts says "The Snake" nickname was inspired by an NFL great, recalls a WWE wrestler who was cruel to Damien, says Ultimate Warrior was "a blithering idiot" }}</ref>
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