Editing Jake Plummer (section)

==College career==
Plummer accepted a football [[Athletic scholarship|scholarship]] to [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State University]] in [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]]. He did not [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirt]] and took over as the starting quarterback (from [[Grady Benton]]) early in his freshman season in [[1993 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1993]]<!--, where he remained for the rest of his four years from 1993-1996-->. He had consistent, but not outstanding, statistical output during his career, and never led the Pac-10 in any major statistical category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jake Plummer College Stats|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jake-plummer-1.html|website=[[Sports Reference]]|language=en}}</ref> He threw for an impressive 1,650 yards in his freshman season, but also had seven interceptions to just nine touchdowns.<ref name="collegestats">{{cite web |title=Jake Plummer College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jake-plummer-1.html |website=College Football at Sports Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> He broke 2,000 yards in [[1994 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1994]] as a sophomore, and upped his touchdowns to 15.<ref name="collegestats" /> As a junior in [[1995 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1995]], his 2,222 yards and 17 touchdowns, many coming at pivotal moments in games, earned him a strong fan base and all-conference honors despite a lackluster 6–5 record.<ref name="asu legends">{{cite web|last1=Crowley|first1=Kerry|title='Summer of Legends' No. 16 Jake Plummer|url=http://www.houseofsparky.com/2013/8/16/4628318/asu-football-summer-of-legends-no-16-jake-plummer|website=House of Sparky|date=August 16, 2013}}</ref>

His senior season in [[1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|1996]] was arguably the best in school history. Arizona State attracted national attention on September 21 when they shut out top-ranked [[1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] {{nowrap|19–0}} to snap the Huskers' 26-game winning streak. Plummer evaded a sack to toss a 25-yard touchdown on the game's opening drive, and finished 20 of 36 for 292 yards, setting a new school record for career passing yards in the process.<ref>{{cite news|title=Football: No. 17 Arizona State 19, No. 1 Nebraska 0|url=http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/2013/4/17/208250213.aspx|work=www.thesundevils.com|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> He led ASU to an undefeated regular season and a [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] championship,<ref>{{cite web |last1=C. |first1=Bill |title=1996 had a classic upset, a classic Rose Bowl, and a terrifying national champion |url=https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2016/4/15/11429570/1996-college-football-florida-arizona-state-ohio-state-florida-state |website=Football Study Hall |date=April 15, 2016 |publisher=SB Nation |access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> aided in no small part by fellow all-conference linebacker and close personal friend [[Pat Tillman]]. In the [[1997 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]], he scored a sensational 11-yard go-ahead touchdown run late in the fourth quarter, but [[1996 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] responded and won {{nowrap|20–17.}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Shane |title=ASU football legends remember the 1997 team before Sun DEvils' last game at Rose Bowl |url=https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/11/asu-rose-bowl-retrospective-1997-football-ohio-ucla |access-date=May 4, 2024 |publisher=The Arizona State Press |date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> A victory likely would have meant a [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championship]] as the only undefeated team in the nation, but their [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football rankings|final ranking]] was fourth.<ref name="si.ret" /> Plummer was third in the [[Heisman Trophy]] [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season#Heisman Trophy voting|voting]] behind [[1996 Florida Gators football team|Florida's]] [[Danny Wuerffel]] and [[1996 Iowa State Cyclones football team|Iowa State's]] [[Troy Davis (running back)|Troy Davis]],<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Heisman Trophy Voting |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1996.html |website=[[Sports Reference]] |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525102111/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1996.html |archive-date=May 25, 2012 }}</ref> was a first-team [[1996 College Football All-America Team|All-American]], and the [[Pac-12 Conference football individual awards|Pac-10's Offensive Player of the Year]].<ref name="hof">{{cite web |title=Jake Plummer |url=https://www.cfbhall.com/news-and-happenings/blog/jake-plummer/ |website=College Football Hall of Fame |access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref>

Plummer ended his career with several school records; most have since been surpassed, but his 34 games with a rushing or passing touchdown remains an ASU record.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fortuna |first1=Matt |title=2019 College Football Hall of Fame Profile |url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2019/11/8/2019-college-football-hall-of-fame-profile-jake-plummer.aspx |access-date=May 4, 2024 |publisher=National Football Foundation |date=November 8, 2019}}</ref> A dedicated student, Plummer was also a two-time Academic All-Conference player.<ref name="hof" /> A 2013 review listed Jake Plummer as the best player to wear number 16 in Sun Devil history.<ref name="asu legends" />

===College statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! rowspan="2"| Team
! rowspan="2"| GP
! colspan="7"| Passing
|-
! Cmp !! Att !! Pct !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Rtg
|-
! [[1993 NCAA Division I-A football season|1993]] !! [[1993 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| 9 || 102 || 199 || 51.3 || 1,650 || 9 || 7 || 128.8
|-
! [[1994 NCAA Division I-A football season|1994]] !! [[1994 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| 11 || 159 || 294 || 54.1 || 2,179 || 15 || 9 || 127.1
|-
! [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]] !! [[1995 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| 11 || 173 || 301 || 57.5 || 2,222 || 17 || 9 || 132.1
|-
! [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]] !! [[1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
| 11 || 179 || 313 || 57.2 || 2,575 || 23 || 9 || 144.8
|-
! colspan="2"| College career || 42 || 613 || 1,107 || 55.4 || 8,626 || 64 || 34 || 133.8
|-
! colspan="2"| School rank<ref>{{As of|2017}}; see article [[Arizona State Sun Devils football statistical leaders]] or the [http://www.sundevilguides.com/football/#145/z|2016 ASU Media Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025235122/http://www.sundevilguides.com/football/#145/z%7C2016 |date=October 25, 2016 }}</ref> || — || 4th || 3rd || — || 3rd || 4th || —
|}