Biography of plaxico burress
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Plaxico Burress
American football player (born )
"Plaxico" redirects here. For the American jazz bassist, see Lonnie Plaxico.
American football player
Plaxico Antonio Burress (born August 12, )[1] is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft. He also 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.
Personal life
[edit]Plaxico Burress was born to Vicki Burress in Norfolk, Virginia. He was named after his uncle, has two brothers, and has been married to Tiffany Glenn since July [2] They have one son, Elijah[3] and a daughter, Giovanna, born November Burress graduated from Green Run High Schoo
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Plaxico Burress's date of birth, was on Friday, August 12th, , & it was just 4 days before Elvis Presley's life-loss, on Tuesday, August 16th, To many NFL fans & athletes, Plaxico Burress is best remembered for scoring the game-winning touchdown of Super Bowl XLII (42), as the New York Giants (NFC) upset the undefeated New England Patriots (AFC), on Sunday, February 3rd, Scores of the game, before & after his touchdown reception from New Giants' MVP quarterback, Eli Manning, was New England Patriots, 14 & New York Giants, 10, then after his TD reception: New York Giants, 17 & New England Patriots, Retired quarterback's elder brother, Peyton Manning, was rooting for Eli Manning.
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Plaxico Burress, born August 12, , is a professional football player who began his career in with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He earned his infamy, however, while playing for the New York Giants. While in a nightclub in , he accidentally shot himself in the leg, and was unable to play in the next game. He was hospitalized; it was later discovered that, because of his celebrity status, the hospital ignored procedure and did not notify police of the shooting.
Police were angry as Burress had been in illegal possession of a weapon. The NFL was in an uproar trying to figure out what had really happened – had there been a fight in the club? Police did not believe so; there were no reports of a fight in the club before the weapon was fired. It really did seem accidental. The worst part about this was that Burress had recently signed a contract for $35 million for five years with the Giants.
In , Burress was not signed to any team, but considered himself very eager to get back into the ga