{"id":838065,"date":"2026-03-28T01:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838065\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:16:17","slug":"former-panthers-qb-jack-plummer-named-starter-ufls-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838065\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Panthers QB Jack Plummer named starter UFL&#8217;s Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A familiar face is getting his chance to lead a pro offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to James Larsen of Pro Football Newsroom, the United Football League&#8217;s Orlando Storm has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesLarsenPFN\/status\/2037563078733168750?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">named<\/a> Jack Plummer as their starting quarterback for the 2026 campaign. The 26-year-old passer, who beat out former fifth-round NFL draft pick Dorian Thompson-Robinson for the job, spent 2024 and parts of 2025 with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" data-autotag=\"8afac4d1-41b4-4302-b154-b45f5b48a0d2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Panthers signed Plummer, a third-team All-ACC selection out of the University of Louisville, following the 2024 NFL Draft. He&#8217;d go on to appear in six preseason outings over Carolina&#8217;s last two summers\u2014completing 66 of his 106 of his throws (68.6 percent) for 616 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Plummer is among a handful of former Panthers quarterbacks who are currently rostered in the UFL. Others include Matt Corral (Birmingham Stallions), Bryce Perkins (Michigan Panthers) and Jordan Ta&#8217;amu (DC Defenders).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Orlando will kick off its season this Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET against the Columbus Aviators.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET A familiar face is getting his chance to lead a pro offense.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[95878,235,260,2567,7,6,236,97114,97115,95882,96059,103367,99260,95896,95888,115369,95906,96177,95883,104016,98185,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-838065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-carolina","10":"tag-carolina-panthers","11":"tag-carolinapanthers","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-sstssportsnflpanthers","16":"tag-sstsnpanthers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","19":"tag-tagdorian-thompson-robinson","20":"tag-tagjack-plummer","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagorlando","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagufl","28":"tag-taguniversity-of-louisville","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116304162903851792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}