In 2016, Foster was named as a first team All-American and won the Dick Butkus award for the nation’s most outstanding linebacker. He was second in the SEC with 115 tackles, and also made 13 tackles for loss and five sacks as the captain of the Crimson Tide defense.
But it wasn’t the best offseason for Foster.
After being sent home from the NFL combine in March for reportedly getting into a “heated confrontation” with a hospital worker, things got worse. A week before the draft, it was then reported that Foster had a diluted urine sample at the combine.