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ATLANTA — Reuben Foster arrived at Alabama in 2013 as the nation’s No. 1 linebacker recruit, but his career in Tuscaloosa didn’t really take off until the spring of 2015. What sparked him? Foster said that’s when he pledged his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, and it opened up his eyes and his mind.
“Everything changed when I pledged Omega,” Foster said at Tuesday’s Peach Bowl press conference. “I had to learn about all the history about Omega Psi Phi. I was like, ‘Dang, I’m learning all this but I can’t learn this defense?