Former jailed Super Bowl champ says Ja Morant can 'learn from me' after gun video

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The New York Giants were 11-1 and on their way to a possible Super Bowl repeat in November 2008. Then, Plaxico Burress shot himself.

Burress caught the game-winning touchdown of Super Bowl XLII to complete an upset over the 18-0 New England Patriots. 

Roughly 10 months later, he was hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and suspended by the team. 

The Giants followed up their Super Bowl championship season by losing their first playoff game after the 2008 regular season. 

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Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies against the Golden State Warriors in the second half of Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals at Chase Center May 7, 2022, in San Francisco.  (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Things got worse for Burress. He eventually served two years in prison for criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

Burress made a return to the NFL after his prison sentence and has learned from his mistakes. Now, he's offering advice to Ja Morant before the NBA star's situation turns worse.

Morant recently filmed himself on Instagram live while appearing to brandish a weapon at a club. The video emerged just days after reports of Morant getting into a physical altercation with a teenager and showing the teen a gun.

Wide receiver Plaxico Burress of the New York Giants catches a 13-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLII Feb. 3, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Giants defeated the Patriots 17-14.  (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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