Former NY Giants star Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in federal prison for possession of an unlicensed gun on Tuesday (September 22). The 32 year-old, who was accompanied by his wife, son and father, hugged his family and addressed the judge, saying, “I apologize to my family … I thank everyone for their support.”

Plaxico pleaded guilty to a lesser firearms charge after an incident late last fall, in which he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub with a gun that had not been licensed in New York.

The New York Giants released the following statement: “This has been a tragic, sad, disappointing situation from the beginning. Our concern has always been for Plax’s welfare, and for his family, and that continues to be our overriding feeling.”

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