{"id":12347,"date":"2017-02-18T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=12347"},"modified":"2017-04-26T21:50:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T01:50:05","slug":"reuben-foster-2017-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/02\/18\/reuben-foster-2017-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuben Foster 2017 Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview
\n<\/strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0Inside Linebacker
\nHeight:\u00a0<\/strong>6\u20191\u201d
\nWeight:\u00a0<\/strong>236 lbs.
\nSchool:\u00a0<\/strong>Alabama Crimson Tide<\/p>\n

Reuben Foster 2017 Draft Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Widely touted as the best linebacker in the draft, Reuben Foster<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will bring a tenacity and violence unmatched in this draft to any team willing to spend a high first round pick. Foster, the 2016\u00a0Butkus award winner,\u00a0<\/em>was a singular dominating force on an\u00a0Alabama\u00a0<\/strong>defense already loaded with elite talent.<\/p>\n

Foster didn’t start until his senior year, playing behind\u00a0Reggie Ragland<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in the previous two seasons. After Ragland left for the NFL, Foster took over as the starter and revealed himself as a versatile linebacker capable of crippling offensive drives with devastating hits anywhere on the field. Foster has an uncanny ability to move from sideline to sideline with speed and precision. He’s not the fastest linebacker but he does have a quick acceleration and good football IQ. Foster has displayed an aptitude for reading plays and getting into the backfield quickly to stop rush attempts. Foster’s\u00a0not the best against play-action, as he tends to bite on his initial read, but his relentless pursuit generally affords him a second opportunity to make a\u00a0stop. And he makes many: Foster led the\u00a0Crimson Tide\u00a0<\/em>in tackles and authored a significant percentage of Alabama’s total defense stops in 2016.
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