The United Football League announced on June 5, 2026 that Jack Plummer is one of four finalists for the 2026 UFL Most Valuable Player Award, joining Cam Gill, Derick Roberson and Jordan Ta'amu on the ballot.
Plummer, the Orlando Storm quarterback, finished the 10-game regular season as the league’s top passing threat and the leader of the UFL’s most productive passing attack. He compiled 2,188 passing yards on 195 completions from 300 attempts (65.0% completion), threw 17 touchdown passes against one interception, and contributed 189 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Plummer’s total offensive line for the season was 2,377 yards and 20 total touchdowns, and he earned UFL Offensive Player of the Week honors for Week 8.
The Storm finished the regular season 8-2 and secured the UFL’s No. 1 overall playoff seed, a result the league tied directly to Plummer’s production in the passing game. On the defensive and edge fronts, the other finalists made their cases in different ways: Gill set a new UFL single-season record with 10.0 sacks and also led the league with 12 tackles for loss, while Roberson finished third in the UFL with 7.0 sacks. Ta'amu, despite his season ending with a knee injury in Week 8, still finished third in passing yards and passing touchdowns and was named a finalist.
The finalists were selected by a panel composed of media members, broadcast partners, and coaches and team football personnel from all eight teams, with choices based on performances across the 10-week, 10-game regular season. The award recognizes the player judged most impactful across that span; Plummer’s numbers and the Storm’s No. 1 seed are the specific evidence the panel cited in the announcement.
The list highlights a practical tension in the vote: Ta'amu’s inclusion despite missing the final two regular-season games because of a knee injury. His placement among the four finalists reflects how the panel weighed per-game production and early-season volume against availability, while Gill and Roberson’s nominations underline the defensive rush impact on a short schedule where single-season records and sack totals carry outsized weight.
One clear gap remains: the league did not announce when it will reveal the 2026 UFL Most Valuable Player winner — the single decisive question left unresolved by the June 5 release is when the UFL will name its MVP and close the debate over whether Plummer’s season or one of the defensive finalists will take the award.
