NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Jets have reached an agreement in principle with receiver Plaxico Burress, the former Super Bowl star recently released from prison after serving 20 months on a gun charge.

The team confirmed the deal Sunday morning.

The 33-year-old Burress caught the game-winning touchdown in the Giants' upset of the unbeaten New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, before his career derailed after he accidentally shot himself in a New York nightclub in 2009.

The free agent had also visited Pittsburgh, where he spent five seasons.

You'll remember, Burress just finished up a 20-month prison sentence at the Oneida Correctional Facility on weapons charges.

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