Jack Plummer shares impact of familiarity in Jeff Brohm's system

Shortly after the California Golden Bears 2022 season ended, Jack Plummer hopped into the NCAA transfer portal for the second time in his career. But this time around, the decision on where to play was much easier for him. Plummer ended up committing to playing for the Louisville Cardinals under one of his former coaches, who now runs the program in Jeff Brohm. And during a recent interview on The Deener, Plummer revealed that familiarity with Brohm’s system had a huge impact on his transfer decision.

“So playing at Purdue for Coach Brohm for four years, just knowing his system. And he takes pride in having a lot of plays, the volume of it, and if you’re a quarterback that, you got all the tools and all the whistles in order to be successful,” said Plummer.

“Just looking back at the quarterbacks he’s had, not only you know, at Purdue, but going back to Western Kentucky, they’re pretty much all in the NFL. And some of them (are) still in the NFL. So obviously, that’s a huge draw for me. And then, as well as Coach Brohm, his younger brother Brian playing quarterback in the NFL. It’s a great feeling for me being like, ‘Hey, I’m getting coached up by the best here.’ And my goals are to play at the next level, and playing quarterback for them will help me get there.”

Plummer spent one year away from his new head coach at Cal, throwing for 3,095 yards and 21 touchdowns. In his four years at Purdue, with Brohm, he played in 17 games throwing for 3405 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions, all while completing 64.8 percent of his pass attempts.

Plummer says being in NCAA football game would outweigh low payout number

In a lighter conversation, during the interview, Plummer talked about the next installment of the NCAA football game series. There have been varying reports about the amount of money that will be awarded to college football players to allow their names, image, and likeness to appear in the game. But for Plummer, just being in the game outweighs whatever the projected payout number is.

“What I’ve seen on the internet was $500. And I don’t know. People probably have different opinions on it,” said Plummer. “It seems a little low, but I think it’s a lot more players in the NCAA than there are in Madden. And I think Madden’s number is a little bit bigger. But, hey man, you’re in a video game. When I was a kid growing up, you just wanted to be in the game. And now, you’re giving me $500 bucks too? Sure. I just wanted to be in the game anyway.”

Given the level of performance and compensation, it is to be expected that the pros at the NFL level would be paid better than college students when it comes to featuring in trademark video game franchises like Madden. For Plummer, just the opportunity of seeing himself featured in a video game it’s worth more to him than the payout. But he is glad that he is getting both in this deal, regardless of the amount.