Burress admits emotional toll in report (AP)
By Zaket on June 10, 2011
Plaxico Burress wants another chance to play in the NFL. The former New York Giants wide receiver told The Wall Street Journal in a story posted Friday that spending nearly two years in prison on a gun charge took “an emotional toll.” Burress was released Monday from Oneida Correctional Facility in New York.
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