DAVIE — Dolphins running back Arian Foster wants teammate Jay Ajayi’s jersey number 23, but can’t have it.
“He just won’t give it up,” Foster told The Palm Beach Post as he walked off the practice field Wednesday.
Foster doesn’t appear entirely comfortable in jersey number 34, once worn by Ricky Williams, though Foster will wear it in his Miami debut Friday night at the Dallas Cowboys.
Both Foster and Williams have interests that extend far outside the football field. Williams was considered aloof and eccentric.
Asked by a reporter about his interest in science, Foster said Wednesday: “I think science is our greatest accomplishment as the human species.