Career
He was the third overall selection in the 2012 national draft. Originating in the Macedon Ranges from Sacred Heart College, Kyneton, In 2011 and 2012 he played in the TAC Cup for the Calder Cannons. He made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in the opening round of the 2013 season.
In October 2015, Plowman and his other Giants" teammates Jed Lamb, Andrew Phillips and Liam Sumner were traded to the Carlton Football Club.