( CNN ) -- Dallas Cowboys teammates Josh Brent and Jerry Brown Jr. were `` like brothers '' and `` the best of friends , '' Brown 's mother and grandmother said Monday , showing no ill will toward the man who may be responsible for the loss of their family member . The teammates were involved in a fiery weekend car crash . Brown was killed , and Brent was arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter . He was released from jail Sunday on $ 500,000 bond . Asked whether she was angry when she heard that alcohol could have been a contributing factor in the crash , Brown 's mother , Stacey Jackson , said that she was and that she feels for Brent and his family . `` I was upset , but I realize , you know , our youth today are young and stupid . And we was all once that age and we done things that we are not proud of , '' she said during an interview on CNN 's `` Piers Morgan Tonight . '' `` I know Josh Brent , and he 's been part of our family since Jerry went to the University of Illinois . That 's all I can do , is pray for him and his family because I know he 's hurting just as well as we are because him and Jerry was like brothers . '' A Mercedes Brent was driving flipped and caught fire early Saturday in Irving , Texas , the Dallas suburb where the Cowboys are based . Police said the car was traveling at high speed when it hit a curb . `` My heart , every part of me aches , '' Brown 's grandmother , Theresa Clark , said on `` Piers Morgan Tonight . '' `` That young man , Josh . I pray , I pray for him too because he has feelings and he has a heart . And he loved Jerry . They were the best of friends . I have no ill feelings toward him , '' she said . `` He was a beautiful friend . '' Brown , 25 , was an outside linebacker on the Dallas practice squad . In a statement issued through his agent Saturday night , Brent said he was `` devastated '' over the accident and `` 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 , '' he said . Brent , 24 , is in his third season with the Cowboys . The charge he faces is a second-degree felony that carries a potential two- to 20-year prison sentence with a maximum $ 10,000 fine . Brent pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in 2009 , according to court records in Champaign , Illinois , where he played football with Brown at the University of Illinois . He received a 60-day sentence , a fine and 200 hours of community service . CNN 's Lateef Mungin , Chandler Friedman and Greg Botelho contributed to this report .
The mother and grandmother of Jerry Brown Jr. appear on CNN 's ` ` Piers Morgan Tonight '' Brown , an outside linebacker on the Dallas practice squad , was killed in a weekend car crash . His father , Michael Brent , was arrested on charges of voluntary manslaughter . ` ` My heart , every part of me aches , '' says Brown 's mother .