NFL Draft: Michigan State’s first round draft picks since 1999

Recapping all of the first round Spartans of the last 21 years.

Plaxico Burress, Wide Receiver – 8th overall to Pittsburgh Steelers, 2000

Plax was taken in the top 10 of the 2000 draft and went on to have a productive 11-year career capped by catching the game-winning touchdown for the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. Burress totaled 553 catches for 8,499 yards and 64 touchdowns in his career. He also accidentally shot himself in the leg at a nightclub in 2008.