CINCINNATI -- Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was set to make his sixth start of the season Sunday. Instead he will post bond from an Irving, Texas, jail after being charged with intoxicated manslaughter after a car accident in which teammate Jerry Brown was killed early Saturday morning.

If found guilty, Brent could face two to 20 years of prison time.

According to Irving police, Brent's car was traveling at a high rate of speed on a State Highway 114 service road before it hit the outside curb at approximately 2:30 a.m. The car flipped at least one time and skidded an estimated 900 feet before coming to rest in the middle of the service road, police said.

When the police arrived, Brent was attempting to pull Brown, a practice squad linebacker, from the burning Mercedes.

Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said officers conducted a field-sobriety test on Brent and arrested him.

Brown was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 25.

"I am devastated and filled with grief," Brent said in a statement through his agent, Peter Schaffer. "Filled with grief for the loss of my close friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. I am also grief-stricken for his family, friends 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. My prayers are with his family, our teammates and his friends at this time."

Argumaniz said Brent was being held without bond. Brent, a three-year veteran, was booked in the Irving city jail at 4:14 a.m. Saturday. His bond will be set Sunday morning.

"We are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of Jerry Brown," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement. "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 on Sunday said he had spoken with Brown's mother.

In an interview Sunday morning with Fox Sports, Jones said the Cowboys' focus has been on Brown since his death.

"Our team loved him. They certainly are conscious of him and want his family to know and have as much of them as they can give," he said. "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."

There was a moment of silence before Sunday's game at Cincinnati to honor Brown. The Cowboys were expected to have a moment of silence in the locker room before the game as well.

Police received 911 calls from motorists who saw the upside-down vehicle, but they did not immediately have any eyewitnesses to the wreck, Argumaniz said.

Argumaniz wasn't sure if the vehicle was a car or an SUV and said it wasn't known how fast the vehicle was travelling. The road has a 45 mph limit.

"I can say investigators are certain they were traveling well above the posted speed limit," Argumaniz said.

A call to Brown's agent has not been returned.