Player draft capsule: 49ers trade up for controversial LB Reuben Foster
REUBEN FOSTER
Selected: No. 31 overall
College: Alabama
Position: Middle linebacker
Height/Weight: 6-foot-1, 228 pounds
Comment: Foster arrived at the NFL Scouting Combine in February as one of the most prized linebackers. But he turned in a diluted urine sample during drug testing and was sent home early after an altercation with a medical worker. The Butkus Award winner was a unanimous All-America selection with 115 tackles and five sacks.
Foster: “I’ve got to prove my passion. I’ve got things to prove – big things to prove. I’ve got to show them how seriously I take my job.”
Matt Barrows: @mattbarrows, read more about the team at sacbee.com/sf49ers.
This story was originally published April 27, 2017 at 9:31 PM.