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==Personal life== Plummer married former [[Denver Broncos Cheerleaders|Broncos cheerleader]] Kollette Klassen on August 26, 2007, whom he met in 2005. In June 2010, Kollette gave birth to the couple's first child. After retiring from the NFL, Plummer moved to [[Sandpoint, Idaho]] (though the couple also has a house in [[Boulder, Colorado]]) where he lives in relative anonymity.<ref name="si.ret" /> His former agent Leigh Steinberg said he is "one of the minuscule few that I could see living a completely fulfilled life away from sport... he was as close to an egoless major star as I've seen." When a concerned [[Meals on Wheels]] supervisor in Sandpoint insisted that a jobless, "scruffy", long-time volunteer who worked for her, keep track of the miles he drove for the organization for reimbursement, she was "dumbstruck" to discover he was a former NFL star.<ref name="si.ret" /> The lifestyle contrasted with the somewhat rocky moments during his playing days with much attention devoted to flipping off a fan, a loud traffic dispute, and a feud with a Denver gossip columnist.<ref name="si.ret" /> Plummer has also stirred controversy with his support of medical marijuana, which he claims to use regularly to deal with lingering post-football injuries,<ref>{{cite news |last=Cook |first=Brandon |date=December 8, 2014 |title=A Personal Look At Marijuana Policy |publisher=Whaxy |url=https://www.whaxy.com/news/nfl-marijuana-policy-interview |url-status=dead |access-date=March 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402192342/https://www.whaxy.com/news/nfl-marijuana-policy-interview |archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> and hostile reaction to [[Jerry Jones]]' dismissal of NFL players with brain injuries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petchesky |first1=Barry |date=June 29, 2016 |title=Jake Plummer Has Some Thoughts For "Billionaire Asshole" Jerry Jones |url=http://deadspin.com/jake-plummer-has-some-thoughts-for-billionaire-asshole-1782807494 |website=Deadspin}}</ref> Plummer also started an [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] foundation, made time during his career to walk dogs at a shelter he donated $10,000 to on retirement, and developed personal connections with children affected by [[September 11 attacks|9/11]].<ref name="si.ret" /> On June 27, 1997, he struck a plea agreement rather than fight charges alleging that he grabbed four women at a nightclub in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. He received two years probation, was fined $1,020, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tribune |first1=Chicago |title=Plummer Gets Probation in Sex-Abuse Case |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/06/28/plummer-gets-probation-in-sex-abuse-case/#:~:text=Quarterback%20Jake%20Plummer%20struck%20a,100%20hours%20of%20community%20service. |access-date=May 4, 2024 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=June 28, 1997}}</ref> Probation ended after only 9 months due to exemplary behavior with a court spokeswoman stating, "He has done everything we have asked of him, more in fact, significantly more."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jake Plummer Gets Off Probation |url=https://apnews.com/article/d1a6220127343fbbaf03b9df2550ba94 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> In September 2007, Plummer was inducted into the Arizona State Hall of Fame. Later that year, he made a brief appearance in the [[2007 Holiday Bowl]], when he introduced the ASU players prior to the team playing game. On October 29, 2010, Plummer was honored, along with all Sun Devil Quarterbacks, at a Legends Luncheon hosted by the Arizona State University Alumni Association and Sun Devil Club. Other honorees included [[Danny White]], [[Andrew Walter]], [[John F. Goodman]], and [[Jeff Van Raaphorst]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.asu.edu/news/asu-alumni-association-honor-sun-devil-quarterbacks-oct-29-luncheon |title=News |work=ASU Alumni Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922105058/http://alumni.asu.edu/news/asu-alumni-association-honor-sun-devil-quarterbacks-oct-29-luncheon |archive-date=September 22, 2010 }}</ref> Plummer has been an assistant football coach at [[Sandpoint High School]] since 2009.<ref name=apr09>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/wires/04/17/2080.ap.fbh.plummer.high.school.0201/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023045107/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/wires/04/17/2080.ap.fbh.plummer.high.school.0201/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2011|publisher=Sports Illustrated.com|agency=Associated Press|title=Jake Plummer coaching at Sandpoint High|date=April 17, 2009}}</ref>
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