Plaxico Burress Net Worth
He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants and the New York Jets. We are talking about former American football wide receiver Plaxico Burress now has amazing net worth of 6 million dollars as of 2016. On July 2014, Plaxico appeared with his wife on reality television show Celebrity Wife Swap.
Plaxico Burress was born on August 12, 1977, in Norfolk, Virginia. In his first season at Michigan State, he set a Big Ten Conference single-season record. After graduation, he spent a year at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia. He started his professional career being drafted eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. For five years, he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers, amassing 261 receptions and 22 touchdowns
In 2005, Plaxico signed a $25 million contract with the New York Giants for six years. Four years later, he was released by the Giants, because of his accidental shooting, which happened in New York on November 2008, when he inadvertently pressed the trigger. Plaxico turned himself in to police, because he had no New York license and posted bail of $100 thousand. The court case took longer than expected.
In 2005, he married Tiffany Glenn and they have two children together, son Elijah and daughter Giovanna. They have residence in Totowa, New Jersey. Plaxico also co-wrote the book Giant: The Road to the Super Bowl, which was published in 2008. In 2014, he joined SportsNet, New York’s SportsNite, making his debut as an NFL analyst.
