San Francisco 49ers announce release of former Alabama LB Reuben Foster

Former Alabama LB Reuben Foster is a talented football player, which caused the San Francisco 49ers to draft him in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Since then, however, he’s been in trouble with the law a handful of times, so after Saturday night’s arrest at the team hotel in Tampa for suspected domestic violence, the 49ers did what had to be done.

As you can see in the tweet below, the 49ers released the young linebacker on Sunday morning, just ahead of their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

Again, Foster is a talented player, but when you have multiple arrests (including a couple for domestic-violence allegations) in such a short time, there’s not a team in the league that would keep you on their roster.

What happens next with Foster legally remains to be seen, but the Niners have washed their hands of the former first-round pick.

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