 Jerry Brown Jr. and Josh Brent were best friends and college teammates who, after experiencing tough times at the University of Illinois, were finally beginning to taste success with the Dallas Cowboys. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said officers conducted a field-sobriety test on Brent and arrested him. When the police arrived, Brent was attempting to pull Brown, a practice squad linebacker, from the burning Mercedes. CINCINNATI -- Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was set to make his sixth start of the season Sunday. Players were made aware of the accident at their Valley Ranch facility in the morning and told of Brown's death by coach Jason Garrett on the team plane at approximately 1:15 p.m. after non-team personnel were asked to de-plane. Receivers coach Jimmy Robinson described the mood on the flight as “very subdued, pretty quiet.” 
 
 The team psychologist made the trip, and the Cowboys coordinated with the NFL to provide more counselors if necessary. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the organization was “deeply saddened.” 
 
 “At this time, our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of Jerry’s family and all of those who knew him and loved him,” Jones said in a statement. According to police, Brent and Brown were speeding west in the 1400 block of the East State Highway 114 service road around 2:21 a.m. Brent’s car “hit the outside curb” and traveled about 900 feet before coming to rest upside down in the middle of the road. “Our investigators are certain that they were traveling well above the posted speed limit, and they base that on the physical evidence that is out on the scene — gouge marks, skid marks, where the vehicle initially impacted the curb and where the vehicle came to rest,” said Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz. "I can say investigators are certain they were traveling well above the posted speed limit," Argumaniz said. Argumaniz says Brown was found unresponsive at the scene and pronounced dead at a hospital. The police spokesman says officers conducted a field sobriety test on Brent and arrested him. He was later booked into the Irving jail on the second-degree felony charge, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Brent, a three-year veteran, was booked in the Irving city jail at 4:14 a.m. Saturday. Police expected bail to be set Sunday morning. The player released a statement late Saturday through his agent, saying he was grief-stricken for his friend, his friend’s family "and all who were blessed enough to have known him. I will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my life.” 
 
 The circumstances bring back memories of former Cowboys cornerback Dwayne Goodrich, who was sentenced to 12 1/2 years for the hit-and-run deaths of two good Samaritans in 2003. Goodrich was convicted later that year of two counts of criminally negligent homicide and was released from prison in October 2011. After struggling to make it into the NFL, he was signed by the Indianapolis Colts this season as a free agent and rotated between the practice squad and the regular roster before being released. "At the same time, they know that one of the best things they can do for him and his memory is to come to the game today, is go out and play well." They certainly are conscious of him and want his family to know and have as much of them as they can give," he said. “As long as he was playing football, he loved it,” said his maternal grandmother, Theresa Clark. He was just always ready to work and I liked Jerry a lot and that's all I can say. Brent’s role increased this season because starter Jay Ratliff, a four-time Pro Bowler, has missed six games because of injuries.  Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent is facing an intoxication manslaughter charge after a one-vehicle accident that killed linebacker Jerry Brown, a member of the team's practice squad. Brown played in one game for the Colts, a loss to the New York Jets on Oct. 14.
– Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent faces charges of manslaughter and drunken driving after an overnight car crash that killed a member of the team's practice squad, reports AP. Police say Brent was speeding when his car hit a curb and flipped at least once about 2:20am in Irving. Passenger Jerry Brown, 25, a linebacker on the Cowboys' practice squad was killed, reports the Dallas Morning News. Brent, a three-year veteran, had a previous drunk-driving arrest in 2009, reports ESPN. He was not on the team's flight to Cincinnati for tomorrow's game.