Plaxico Burress Denied Early Release

Plaxico Burress is not getting out of prison just yet.

The ex-Giants star had applied for work release, but has been denied by the New York Department of Correctional Services.

Burress made the application just a few months into his two-year sentence. Prosecutors said it would be too soon to give the former Super Bowl star a break.

Burress went to prison in September for carrying a gun that accidentally went off in a nightclub. He pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He was sentence to two years but it could be 20 months with time off for good behavior.

He has a month to appeal the decision. He also can reapply for work release in July.

Burress' lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday.

The New York Post reported last month that an early release could free him for face-to-face negotiations while looking for a new team. The NFL is lifting his suspension when his sentence is done.

Out of 31,598 inmate applications for work release last year, just 1,413 were approved, according to New York State Department of Corrections' statistics, reports the Post.