Jasmine Plummer

Jasmine Plummer (born c. 1993 Harvey, Illinois) is an American football player who was the first-ever female quarterback for a Pop Warner football team. At the age of 11 years old, she became the first female quarterback and the first black female athlete to play in the Pop Warner Super Bowl youth football tournament, specifically the 56th Annual Pop Warner Super Bowl (Junior Pee Wee division); however, her team, the Harvey Colts, lost in the semifinals.

In 2008, Plummer was portrayed by Keke Palmer in the biographical film The Longshots.

Early life and youth career In spring 2001, 8-year-old Jasmine Plummer started playing tackle football with others in her neighborhood. Her mother, Cassandra Johnson, learned of this when Jasmine severely injured her knee while playing, requiring 23 stitches. A few weeks later, Plummer returned to playing football in the neighborhood park.

Plummer's uncle, Fred Johnson, noticed her ability to throw a football with a tight spiral and quite a bit of velocity. After difficult negotiations with her mother, Fred enrolled Plummer into the Pop Warner program.

After spending her first year on the bench, Plummer was taken by her uncle to the Mighty Mite division (7-to-9-year-olds) Harvey Colts, the team he was coaching, and made her the starting quarterback. Upon her arrival, her teammates did not welcome her but they quickly changed their minds when they started winning games. As the team continued to win under the leadership of Plummer, coach Johnson decided to play her as a linebacker because she was fast and strong for her age and size (she was and at the time).

Now, Plummer plays running back for the Nevada Storm in the semi-pro Women's Football Alliance. She led the team to a Division III national championship in her 2019 All-Stars season. In the following 2021 season, Plummer earned All-Stars recognition again, being named American Conference MVP en route to another championship in Division II.

The team competed in the WFA Pro Division in 2022. While the Storm reached the 2022 WFA Pro Playoffs, they lost to the Minnesota Vixen in the first round.