"Plaxico Burress scored a 26-yard touchdown — his first since serving a 20-month prison sentence for illegal gun possession — and immediately looked for his 4-year-old son in the stands.

When he found Elijah, wearing a matching green No. 17 jersey to his father's, Burress handed him the football.

"I told my wife before I left the house, 'When I do score a touchdown, I'm going to give the ball to my son,'?" the Jets wide receiver said. "It was a great moment for him.""