Former New York Giants' wide receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted on gun charges Monday, and now faces up to 15 years in jail. At minimum, he could expect to serve 3 1/2 years.

A Manhattan jury indicted Burress on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, as well as one count of reckless endangerment. He remains free on $100,000 bail for the time being.

Jurors did not believe Burress' claim that he didn't mean to commit a felony when he fumbled his illegal firearm - a .40 caliber Glock - inside a crowded nightclub and shot himself in the thigh in November 2008. Burress' public apology also did nothing to move the jury.

Burress' teammate Antonio Pierce was with him the night of the shooting, but escaped and was not indicted. Prosecutors had been saying that he played a role in hiding the weapon. He told the jury that he helped Burress while he was bleeding and later returned the gun to Burress' home in Totowa, NJ.

Unlike Donte Stallworth of the Cleveland Browns, who hit and killed a man while driving drunk in Miami earlier this year and got off with just 30 days in jail and years of probation, Burress is likely to get the book thrown at him. Both NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg and District Attorney Robert Morgenthau have been calling for him to serve serious jail time if convicted.

Prior to the shooting incident, Burress was one of the league's top players. He caught the game winning touchdown when the Giants upset the New England Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl. After the shooting, however, the Giants dumped him. This cost him a hefty $35 million contract extension.