Plaxico Antonio Burress was born on August 12,1977 and is a former American football wide receiver who played 12 seasons in the National Football League.
59 Facts About Plaxico Burress
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Plaxico Burress played college football at Michigan State, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft.
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Plaxico Burress played for the New York Giants and the New York Jets, and caught the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLII as the Giants beat the then-undefeated New England Patriots.
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Plaxico Burress was born to Vicki Burress in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Plaxico Burress was named after his uncle, has two brothers, and has been married to Tiffany Glenn since July 2005.
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Plaxico Burress set a Big Ten Conference single-season record by catching 65 passes in his first season at Michigan State, and excelled on the special-teams coverage units, using his leaping ability as a kick blocker.
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Plaxico Burress broke the school season-record he set in 1998 with 66 receptions for 1,142 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Plaxico Burress set a Spartans' single-season-record 12 touchdown receptions, eclipsing the previous record of eight Burress shared with Andre Rison and Bob Carey.
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Plaxico Burress forced two fumbles, recovered another, and registered seven tackles on special teams.
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Plaxico Burress set a school record with 255 yards receiving on ten catches against the University of Michigan.
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Plaxico Burress ended his career with a school-record 13 receptions for 185 yards and three touchdowns against the University of Florida in the 2000 Citrus Bowl.
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Plaxico Burress broke the single-game record of 12 receptions set by tight end Mitch Lyons in 1992.
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Plaxico Burress was an All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection in 1998 by The Sports Network, and he earned second-team accolades from the league's media.
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Plaxico Burress shared Spartan Outstanding Underclass Back Award honors with tailback Sedrick Irvin and wide receiver Gari Scott.
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Plaxico Burress had more than 100 yards receiving in four games and was ranked third in the conference with an average of 84.4 yards per game and fifth in the conference with an average of 5.4 catches per game.
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Plaxico Burress recorded six solo tackles and forced a fumble on special teams.
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Plaxico Burress was featured on the MTV show True Life, documenting his rookie season.
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Plaxico Burress first broke the 1,000-yard mark in his second season, gaining 1,008 yards on 66 receptions.
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Also in 2002, Plaxico Burress played in his first career playoff game, accumulating six receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown.
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In three subsequent playoff games with the Steelers, Plaxico Burress totaled only seven receptions, 123 yards, and one touchdown.
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Plaxico Burress caught nine passes and scored two touchdowns in the game, and nearly won it but was stopped at the 1-yard line as time expired.
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On January 23,2005, after a playoff defeat, Plaxico Burress announced his intentions to leave the Steelers.
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Plaxico Burress had a touchdown catch on the opening drive and finished the game with five receptions for 89 yards and two touchdowns.
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In 2007, Plaxico Burress was the Giants' top receiver with 70 receptions for 1,025 yards, despite not practicing all season because of his ailing ankle.
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Plaxico Burress set a franchise playoff record in the NFC title game in Green Bay with 11 receptions for 154 yards as the Giants advanced to Super Bowl XLII.
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Plaxico Burress attended the camp to avoid paying a fine but refused to practice with the team.
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In September 2008, Plaxico Burress did not show up for work on a Monday and could not be reached by phone for two days.
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On September 24,2008, the team announced that Plaxico Burress would be suspended for the game on October 5 for a violation of team rules.
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Plaxico Burress signed a five-year, $35 million contract extension prior to the season.
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On November 23,2008, Plaxico Burress started the game against the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona after being considered questionable with a hamstring injury.
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Plaxico Burress left the game and did not return in what would be his final appearance with the Giants.
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Plaxico Burress was released by the Giants on April 3,2009, when it was apparent his accidental shooting court case would take longer than expected to resolve.
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Plaxico Burress agreed to a one-year contract worth approximately $3.017 million guaranteed with the New York Jets on July 31,2011, after turning down a two-year deal from the Pittsburgh Steelers that was rumored to be valued at a little more than the Jets offer but without as much guaranteed money.
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On October 23,2011, in a game against the San Diego Chargers Plaxico Burress caught three touchdown passes from Sanchez, tying a game career high.
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Plaxico Burress re-signed with the Steelers on November 20,2012, after injuries sustained by Jerricho Cotchery and Antonio Brown.
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On December 30,2012, Plaxico Burress caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
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Plaxico Burress had not caught a touchdown from Roethlisberger since 2004.
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On March 12,2013, Plaxico Burress signed a one-year deal to stay with the Steelers.
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On July 22,2017, Plaxico Burress was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as a coaching intern.
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On November 28,2008, Plaxico Burress suffered an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right thigh at the nightclub LQ on Lexington Avenue in New York City when his Glock pistol in the pocket of his jeans began sliding down his leg; apparently in reaching for his gun, he inadvertently pressed the trigger, causing the gun to fire.
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The injury was not life-threatening and Plaxico Burress was released from an area hospital the next afternoon.
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Two days later, Plaxico Burress turned himself in to police to face charges of criminal possession of a handgun.
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Later in the day, Plaxico Burress reported to Giants Stadium as per team policy for injured but active players and was told he would be suspended without pay for the remaining four games of the 2008 regular season for conduct detrimental to the team.
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Plaxico Burress was scheduled to receive $1 million from his signing bonus on December 10,2008, initially withheld by the team.
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Plaxico Burress asked a Manhattan grand jury for sympathy during two hours of testimony on July 29,2009.
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On Monday, August 3,2009, prosecutors announced that Plaxico Burress had been indicted by the grand jury on two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and a single count of reckless endangerment in the second degree, a misdemeanor.
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Plaxico Burress hired a prison consultant to advise him on what to expect while in prison.
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In January 2010, Plaxico Burress applied for and was denied a work release from prison.
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On June 6,2011, Plaxico Burress was released from a protective custody unit of the Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, New York, having served 20 months.
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Plaxico Burress had a civil lawsuit, filed on December 8,2008, in Broward County, Florida, in which Alise Smith claimed that Plaxico Burress's $140,000 Mercedes-Benz collided with the back of her car.
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The suit claimed that Plaxico Burress was liable for causing permanent injuries to Smith.
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In January 2010, Plaxico Burress was the defendant in a civil lawsuit brought against him by a Lebanon County, Pennsylvania car dealer, who claimed that Plaxico Burress was given a leased Chevrolet Avalanche in return for promises to appear at publicity events for the dealership.
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The dealer claimed that Plaxico Burress never returned the car and never attended any publicity events; the damaged car was eventually returned after being impounded by the New York Police Department.
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Plaxico Burress acknowledged that he was responsible for some of the damage to the car, but asked a jury to determine the amount.
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Plaxico Burress filed his 2013 state income tax return on October 20,2014, for which he submitted an electronic transfer.
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Plaxico Burress was notified multiple times in an attempt to collect the tax debt, including via certified mail, but never responded.
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Plaxico Burress received a conditional 364-day jail sentence, was placed on probation for five years, and ordered to repay $56,000 in penalties and restitution to the state by Judge Pedro Jimenez in Mercer County Superior Court.
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Plaxico Burress appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap on July 29,2014.
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Plaxico Burress joined SportsNet, New York's SportsNite, making his debut as an NFL analyst on Sunday September 7,2014.