Last year, when he was preparing for the draft as part of the Broncos’ front office, 49ers vice president of player personnel Adam Peters was studying video of Alabama inside linebacker Reggie Ragland.
Ragland, the 2015 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, was selected No. 41 overall by the Bills last year.
But Peters had trouble focusing on him.
The reason: Alabama’s other inside linebacker was Reuben Foster.
“This guy (Foster) is running past (Ragland) on every single play and making it,” Peters said. “It was like ‘Forget about that guy - who is that guy?