Linebacker, Alabama, 2013–16
Reuben Foster
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Auburn, AL
- Born
- Apr 4, 1994, in Roanoke, Alabama
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Reuben Foster played linebacker at Alabama (2013–16). He won the 2016 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The San Francisco 49ers took Foster in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Clemson, 20162sacks, career highvs. Florida, 2016Honors
Team titles: SEC champions, 2014, 2015 and 2016; National champions, 2015
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Alabama | 115 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Alabama 15 games, 115 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. USC | W 52–6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 38–10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Ole Miss | W 48–43 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Kent State | W 48–0 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Kentucky | W 34–6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Arkansas | W 49–30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Tennessee | W 49–10 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Texas A&M | W 33–14 | 12 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at LSU | W 10–0 | 11 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Mississippi State | W 51–3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Chattanooga | W 31–3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Auburn | W 30–12 | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs. Florida | W 54–16 | 11 | 9 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Washington | W 24–7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. Clemson | L 31–35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 229 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 16 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 16 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | USFL | Pittsburgh Maulers |
| 2024 | UFL | Houston Roughnecks |
| 2025 | UFL | Arlington Renegades * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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