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Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress’ Super Bowl XLII ring that he won with the New York Giants in 2007 just sold for $280,600 at Heritage Auction. It is the highest ever paid for a Super Bowl player ring, beating out Lawrence Taylor’s Giants ring from Super Bowl XXV ($230K), according to Darren Rovell of Cllct Media.
Burress caught the game-winning pass from Eli Manning with just 35 seconds left to take down the 18-0 New England Patriots. It’s one of the most iconic moments in Super Bowl history.
On Feb. 9, the highest bid for Burress’ Super Bowl ring was at $67,500.
BREAKING: Plaxico Burress' Giants Super Bowl ring has just sold for $280,600 at @HeritageAuction.
It is the highest ever paid for a Super Bowl player ring, beating out Lawrence Taylor's Giants ring from Super Bowl XXV ($230K). pic.twitter.com/VZeFb8pVJt
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 23, 2025
Plaxico Burress was selected by the Steelers at eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played five seasons with the Stelers before signing with the Giants in 2005.
Burress’ career took off with the G-Men, but it came to a crashing halt in 2009 when he plead guilty to attempted weapon possession and spent 20 months in jail. After getting out, he played one season with the New York Jets in 2011, and reunited with the Steelers in 2012 for only four games.
The New York Post reported that Burress has had legal and financial troubles since retiring.
In 2015, Burress was charged with cutting a bad check or electronic funds transfer to stiff the state of New Jersey out of $46,000 in taxes on his $1 million income in 2013. He scored a plea deal for a mere tax evasion charge, and was sentenced to five years’ probation and $56,000 restitution, according to The Post.
In 2017, the Burresses allegedly stopped paying their mortgage on their 5,500-square-foot pad in Totowa, N.J., which they purchased for $1.5 million back in 2005, leading the banks to issue a foreclosure on the property in 2018, according to court records and a TMZ report. The dispute was settled as of February 2021.
Plaxico Burress earned $29,366,150 in his career, according to Spotrac.
