UPDATED: 1:10 p.m.

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth today received a 30-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in a Miami courtroom.

Stallworth was charged in the death of Mario Reyes, a pedestrian who was struck and killed by Stallworth's Bentley on March 14 in Miami Beach.



The Miami Herald reported that Stallworth was immediately taken into custody and that after he gets out he will serve two years of house arrest followed by eight years of probation, according to his plea deal. He will also lose his driving privleges for life and have to perform 1,000 hours of community service.

Stallworth had faced four to 15 years in prison before the plea agreement. Stallworth also reached a confidential financial settlement with the Reyes' family, according to the Herald and the Associated Press.

"I will continue to bear this burden the rest of my life," Stallworth told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy, who imposed the sentence, according to the Herald.

One of Stallworth's lawyers, David Cornwell, released a statement Tuesday morning indicating Stallworth has every intention of playing football again:



"Donte' has a debt to repay and awesome responsibilities to fulfill. We have kept NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Commissioner Goodell, and the Cleveland Browns apprised of developments as they occurred. Whenever it is appropriate to do so, we are prepared to discuss the circumstances under which Donte' will resume his career."

The NFL will most likely also discipline Stallworth under terms of its personal conduct policy once the legal process has played out.

Stallworth, 28, was driving drunk when he struck and killed Reyes, 59, at 7:15 a.m. on March 14. Miami-Dade police said Stallworth was driving drunk and a toxicology report showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .126, which is above Florida's legal limit of .08.

Miami Beach police said that prior to the crash, Stallworth had been drinking at Liv Nightclub at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach before leaving to go to a home in Miami, where he arrived about 6:15 a.m.

He was returning to Miami Beach about an hour later when he struck Reyes, who was crossing the MacArthur Causeway, which connects Miami and Miami Beach. Reyes was trying to catch a bus and was not in the crosswalk.

According to police, Stallworth admitted he had been driving the car and said, "I hit the man lying in the road."

Stallworth later told police at the Miami Beach police station that he had time to honk his horn and flash his headlights to warn Reyes.

Stallworth has been excused from all Browns off-season workouts and a mandatory minicamp while he focused on his legal problems. He was signed to a seven-year, $35 million contract as a free agent by the Browns before last season, but was injured much of the year and caught just 17 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown.

Stallworth earned a $4.5 million roster bonus from the Browns the day before the accident.