Browns release Lonnie Phelps after causing 300k dollars in damage in DUI crash

A Cleveland Browns player caused an estimated $300,000 in damage by driving an SUV into a Florida restaurant, according to police, and now he has no job.

Lonnie Phelps a former Kansas Jayhawks football star was arrested and charged with DUI after driving his Hyundai SUV into the Red Shoe Island Bistro in Key West, Florida.

According to the arrest report, officers found a black Hyundai SUV with its front passenger side embedded in the wall of the Red Shoe Island Bistro.

Both airbags had deployed, and the vehicle had significant front-end damage, the arrest report states.

Witnesses reported seeing Phelps, 23, and his girlfriend arguing after exiting the vehicle that had collided with the building.

Police noticed that Phelps was intoxicated, and that is when Phelps became irritated. Phelps refused to comply with sobriety tests and repeatedly turned away from officers, claiming he did not want to be shot.

Now the Browns pass rusher is without a job and will have a ton of legal issues to figure out.

TMZ released the video and you can see that Lonnie was being difficult.

Here is another video of him in the car.