Cameron Sutton was in the Detroit Lions' workout facility last week when the team found out about the warrant for his arrest, team president Rod Wood said Monday.
Wood, speaking from the NFL's league meetings in Orlando, Florida, told Fox 2 in Detroit that a member of the team was able to talk with Sutton and advise him to turn himself in. The Lions released Sutton the next day.
"Suggested he get counsel and do the right thing to turn himself in," Wood told the television station. "After that, we met the rest of the day and the following morning to decide to release him.