After racking up 115 total tackles, 13.0 tackles for a loss, and 5.0 sacks in his final season in Tuscaloosa, it was shocking to see him fall to the San Francisco 49ers with the 31st pick. Now, after the Week 1 injury that sidelined him, Reuben Foster has been back in action throughout the 49ers’ last three games and has shown exactly why he was expected to be such a hot commodity on Draft Night.
Though his first game back against Dallas was a less-than-stellar outing by the entire team, his two most recent performances show why he was exactly what the 49ers hoped he’d be.