... former New York Giants receiver and Super Bowl champion will follow in the footsteps of Michael Vick and Donte Stallworth on his way to prison.

Burress accepted a plea bargain, and pled guilt to two counts for criminal possession of a firearm and one count of reckless endangerment. The former first-round pick will be incarcerated for two years.

The state of New York was quite stern on their assessment of the Burress case, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg urging that Burress be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, saying that any punishment short of the minimum three-and-a-half years for unlawful carrying of a handgun would be "a mockery of the law."

The facts of the case have been noted numerous times.

On Friday...

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