CB Ahmed Plummer (All B1G, Academic All-American)

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Wyoming grad staying in football at OSU


BY MARK SCHMETZER | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF CONTRIBUTOR



Ahmed Plummer spent the 2006 football season, his first as a non-player in at least 20 years, as a volunteer strength coach with the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Their roll to the Bowl Championship Series championship game made the former OSU and San Francisco 49ers cornerback's return to his alma mater even more enjoyable.
"It's going good," he said a few days before the game.

 

[Buckskin86]

Ahmed was given credit for some of Chekwa's development

Tressel and Chekwa credited former OSU defensive back Ahmed Plummer with aiding in his development. Chekwa spent time working with the former NFL starter this summer.

''We did a lot of one-on-one stuff. He helped me with my footwork,'' the soft-spoken Chekwa said. ''Naturally, my feet turn outward. That kind of messes me up with backpedaling . . . so we worked on footwork and covering skills.''

Ohio.com - Eyes on Ohio State's Chekwa

Tress also went on to say that Ahmed didn't like the time demands of coaching...seemed to infer that coaching wasn't in his future.

 

[Buckskin86]

Hall inductee no average Joe
By Tom Groeschen ? [email protected] ? December 25, 2008

Ahmed Plummer once played for the San Francisco 49ers. It's hard to top that, unless you count that win over CAPE in Plummer's high school days.


Wyoming graduate Plummer was among seven local athletes/coaches named Wednesday to the Buddy LaRosa's High School Sports Hall of Fame, the pinnacle for Greater Cincinnati prep sports achievement.

Plummer (Wyoming class of 1995) played defensive back at Ohio State and six years for the 49ers. All that, and a Wyoming win over now-defunct Cincinnati Academy of Physical Education is among Plummer's top memories.

Plummer said Wyoming had never beaten fellow small-school power CAPE until his junior year. Plummer, also a quarterback, scored the winning touchdown in overtime.

"That was an exciting time for the whole town," Plummer said. "It was something no one thought we could do."

Hall inductee no average Joe | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com

 

[WaitingforKickoff]

Tress also went on to say that Ahmed didn't like the time demands of coaching...seemed to infer that coaching wasn't in his future.

I wonder if Springs is next. Winfield probably has a few more years left.

 

[DaytonBuck]

I think Plummer's parents are Cornell educated and smart folk. Ahmed's got a good base and is probably doing well in business.

 

[Buckskin86]

Not to be forgotten

Ahmed Plummer: (at OSU 1996 to '99) An All-Big Ten performer in 1999, Plummer was on the fast track to NFL stardom in his first four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, who drafted him in the first round and regarded him as an excellent cover man. But an ankle injury that later required surgery limited Plummer to nine games in 2004 and '05, and he retired soon after being cut by the Niners. He finished his career with 12 interceptions in 70 career games.

GameDay+

 

[Buckskin86]

HALL OF FAME: Wyoming will induct Chris Tommelein (1983, football, basketball, baseball), Darryl Lawson (1976, football, wrestling) and Ahmed Plummer (1994, football) into its athletic hall of fame Friday.

Lancers, Thunderhawks face off in football Thursday | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com

 

[Buckskin86]

49. AHMED PLUMMER, WYOMING, 1995: He earned 12 varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball and track. He set five Wyoming single-season and career records in football. Plummer was first-team all-city (Division II-VI) on both offense and defense, the Enquirer Division II-IV player of the year and the state Division IV player of the year. He became a college All-American at Ohio State and was a first-round pick in the NFL draft.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbc...10304&Category=SPT0301&ArtNo=103050801&Ref=PH

 

[ScriptOhio]

5. AHMED PLUMMER, 1998
In his second year as a full-time starter while playing opposite of Antoine Winfield, Ahmed Plummer proved he could handle himself just fine. Destined to be targeted en masse, Plummer made the most of it, breaking up a school-record 17 passes while intercepting four more.

Despite never earning an All-American bid, Plummer had one of the most successful careers in Buckeye history, finishing his time in Columbus with 14 interceptions, tied for the sixth-best of in program history. He was also a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award in 1999.