I love spring football. From being able to watch new players for the first time, to seeing players get new opportunities, the spring game is a celebration of the program that gets me amped for the regular season. One of my favorite parts is always seeing the alumni return to the school. Yesterday, the Spartans had one of the best receivers in program history back as a guest for his first spring game since 1999: Plaxico Burress.
Like Charles Rogers, Burress was another Spartan phenom who only played two seasons with the team before heading to the draft. In those two years, Burress was named First Team All-Big Ten both years and caught 27 touchdowns and had 2,821 yards receiving.
Burress spoke to the media during the spring practice to give his thoughts on the program, what he’d like to see from the receiving group, and he also spoke on his relationship with Courtney Hawkins, MSU’s new receiving coach as of last season:
"It's always refreshing to come back."@MSU_Football great and Super Bowl champ @plaxicoburress is back in East Lansing today. pic.twitter.com/69yjDr5rag
— Michigan St. on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) April 24, 2021
