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NFL Draft 2017: Why Reuben Foster will drop after failed drug test

By Joel W. Cade

Dec 31, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Reuben Foster (10) during warm-ups before the 2016 CFP Semifinal against the Washington Huskies at the Georgia Dome. Alabama defeated Washington 24-7. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Reuben Foster (10) during warm-ups before the 2016 CFP Semifinal against the Washington Huskies at the Georgia Dome. Alabama defeated Washington 24-7. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 31, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Reuben Foster (10) during warm-ups before the 2016 CFP Semifinal against the Washington Huskies at the Georgia Dome. Alabama football defeated Washington 24-7. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Reuben Foster (10) during warm-ups before the 2016 CFP Semifinal against the Washington Huskies at the Georgia Dome. Alabama football defeated Washington 24-7. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

Following a failed drug test, there are reasons to believe Alabama football’s Reuben Foster will free-fall come 2017 NFL Draft night. Here’s why.

The 2017 NFL Draft process has been a roller coaster for Reuben Foster. As a player, he is projected to be a top ten pick. However, add in his medical concerns and off-field issues and Foster may find himself free falling come draft night.

Que Tom Petty:

Foster is not the only Alabama player who is having a rough draft process. Jonathan Allen has medical concerns. Cam Robinson was arrested prior to the season. Tim Williams was also arrested prior to the start of the season. Maybe it is in the water, but high end draft prospects out of Alabama (with O.J. Howard as a notable exception) have the potential to free fall next week.

At the beginning of the draft process Reuben Foster was a lock to go in the top ten. Most experts predicted Foster would go ninth overall to the Cincinnati Bengals who have a need at linebacker and edge rusher. However, as the draft process has unfolded, issues with Foster began to surface. At first, it was only medical concerns. Quickly those concerns expanded to off-field red flags.

The latest for Reuben Foster comes with announcement that he had a diluted sample at the Combine. Per the NFL collective bargaining agreement, a diluted sample is considered a failed drug test. A failed drug test puts Foster in the Substances of Abuse program heading into the draft.

Not a good way to start one’s NFL career. Just ask Josh Gordon.

But will Foster’s failed drug test cause him to free fall in the draft?

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