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Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress is auctioning his Super Bowl XLII ring that he won with the New York Giants in 2007. 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.
Heritage Auctions has the offering. With 13 days to go, the current high bid sits at $67,500.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk believes it will go for well over that figure, citing that Martellus Bennett’s Super Bowl LI ring recently sold for more than $88,000.
17 years ago…
Manning. Lobs it. Burress. Alone. TOUCHDOWN, NEW YORK!
18-1 Giant loss.
The greatest upset in Super Bowl history. pic.twitter.com/GECtlgfi02
— Doug Rush (@TheDougRush) February 3, 2025
Burress was selected by the Steelers at eighth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played five seasons in Pittsburgh 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 reports 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.
Former Steelers running back LeGarrette Blount is also auctioning his game-worn jersey and Super Bowl ring that he won with New England in Super Bowl XLIX. It will be available at Heritage Auction later this month. Blount made $$9.5 million in his career.
Burress earned $29,366,150 in his career, according to Spotrac.
Just In: LeGarrette Blount is auctioning his game-worn jersey and Super Bowl ring from Super Bowl XLIX.
It will be available at Heritage Auction later this month.
Blount made ~$9.5 MILLION in his career.
(h/t @darrenrovell) pic.twitter.com/I54LYW5jwo
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 9, 2025
