Plaxico Burress

Plaxico Burress, a WR, appears on NFL rosters across 2000–2012. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.

The basics

PositionWR
Born1977-08-12
Height6 ft 5 in
Weight232 lb
Draftedpick 8 by PIT in 2000

Seasons on an NFL roster

11 seasons of roster appearances, 2000–2012. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.

2000Pittsburgh Steelers
2001Pittsburgh Steelers
2002Pittsburgh Steelers
2003Pittsburgh Steelers
2004Pittsburgh Steelers
2005New York Giants
2006New York Giants
2007New York Giants
2008New York Giants
2011New York Jets
2012Pittsburgh Steelers

Career statistics

Regular-season totals, 1999–2026 (the seasons the open statistics cover). Play-offs are not included.

1,32502000: 2732001: 1,0082002: 1,3252003: 8602004: 6982005: 1,2142006: 9882007: 1,0252008: 4542011: 6122012: 422000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
Receiving yards by season. Every figure is in the table below.
SeasonGRushRush YdsRush TDRecRec YdsRec TD
200011000222730
2001160006610086
2002160007813257
2003161-70608604
200411000356985
2005160007612147
2006150006398810
20071600070102512
20089000354544
201116000456128
201230003421
Career1451-70553849964

Defensive statistics

Regular-season totals, 1999–2026. Solo and assisted tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles and opponent fumbles recovered. Sacks are shared between players, so a total can end in a half. Play-offs are not included.

402001: 42002: 12003: 12005: 32006: 32007: 12001200220032004200520062007
Solo tackles by season. Every figure is in the table below.
SeasonGSolo
2001164
2002161
2003161
2005163
2006153
2007161
Career9513

What is not recorded

Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.

Where this came from

Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.

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