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Meet the former NFL star turned mushroom grower

Some professional athletes make enough money during their career to never have to work a day for the rest of their lives after calling it quits, and many others keep busy by getting a job in the media, as a coach, or in a front office. However, there are plenty of others who've turned their attention to a wildly different pastime.

Jake Plummer was about as close to the definition of average that you can get during a 10-year NFL career where the quarterback spent six seasons with the Cardinals and another four with the Broncos (he posted a 69-67 record as a starter).

Plummer became a vocal advocate for medical marijuana after he retired in 2007, and he's gone all-in when it comes to throwing his support behind natural therapies since then. The QB who was nicknamed "The Snake" eventually co-founded Umbo, a company that makes mushroom-based supplements, alongside former UFC fighter Rashad Evans.

That venture inspired him to gain a deeper understanding of the fungi, and he's expanded his knowledge with the help of the mushroom farm he owns in Colorado.

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