Plaxico Burress' open letter to 2017 NFL draft class
Former Michigan State star Plaxico Burress didn’t hold back in his open letter to the 2017 NFL draft class.
Burress, who starred at MSU in the late 1990s and played 11 full seasons in the NFL over 14 years, wrote about trust and his regrets, what he would change and shooting himself in the leg.
Throughout the letter he talked about what it was like to be a millionaire and then lose it all; all because of one mistake. He went from the No. 8 pick in 2000 to an inmate after shooting himself eight years later.
He begins ...
Dear NFL Draft Class,
If you’re looking for somebody to feed you a bunch of bullshit about how great you are now that you’ve been drafted, or to give you the “don’t spend all your money” speech like they’re sharing some kind of secret with you, you can just X out this window now and move on, because you won’t get that here. You can go out into the real world and learn for yourself the hard way. Be my guest.
But if you want the juice — if you want to know how it really is — I won’t cut corners. I’ll give it to you straight.
I know you see my name, and you probably think, That’s the guy who shot himself.
Don’t lie … it’s O.K.
I am that guy.
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He signs the letter with one last bit of advice, “Just do your thing, be smart … and ball out, man. Because you’re living the dream. Just don’t f**k it up."