On Friday night, 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster was arrested in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a few miles away from his alma mater The University of Alabama, for second degree possession of marijuana, according to according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest database. The bond was set at $2,500.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker and former Alabama player Reuben Foster charged with second-degree marijuana possession. Working to get details now- pic.twitter.com/XoyvJNfcfL
— Stephanie Taylor (@TPD_Steph) January 13, 2018
From Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest database: pic.twitter.com/9e2vKr4x3n
— Matt Maiocco (@MaioccoNBCS) January 13, 2018
The 49ers released a statement Friday night to address Foster’s arrest:
“The San Francisco 49ers organization is aware of the matter involving Reuben Foster and we are currently gathering all relevant facts.”
During his three years playing under head coach Nick Saban at Alabama, Foster was named first-team All-SEC and won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker in 2016. His accolades on the football field caught the attention of the 49ers, who selected him No. 31 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Part of the reason that Foster fell in the Draft was due to off-the-field concerns, including a diluted sample during a urine test at the NFL Combine.
With the 49ers, Foster was tied at seventh among his fellow rookies with 59 tackles, a category he could have been ranked higher in if he had not missed six games throughout the season due to injury. Nonetheless, Foster made 25 tackles over the course of three games to become the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Month in November.
