Arian Foster
Foster with the Houston Texans in 2010
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 24, 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | San Diego (CA) Mission Bay | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Tennessee | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 6,527 |
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| Average: | 4.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 54 |
| Receptions: | 255 |
| Receiving yards: | 2,346 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 14 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Arian Isa Foster (born August 24, 1986) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Tennessee, and was signed by the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Foster was known for his signature Namaste bow, which he frequently performed after scoring touchdowns. Foster holds the Texans franchise records for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, and also played for the Miami Dolphins. Foster announced his retirement on October 24, 2016.
Foster was born August 24, 1986, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Carl Foster, a former wide receiver for the University of New Mexico, and Bernadette Sizemore, an administrative assistant for the university. Foster’s father, Carl, signed with the Denver Broncos in 1982, was not able to make it through the summer, and never actually made it to the NFL. Carl and Bernadette had two other kids, another son Abdul, who was also an athlete, running track in high school and in college at Florida A&M and a daughter, Christina, who recently received her Masters at SIT in Vermont.
Foster's mother encouraged him to set foot on the football field at the age of 7, to the dismay of Foster's father, an ex-wide receiver himself. As a former player at a high level, Carl was not supportive of the idea of his son entering the sport at such a young age. Foster took to the game, telling his elementary school teacher that he intended to become "a star in the NFL."
His parents divorced in 2000 while he was attending Valley High School in Albuquerque, and in 2002 he moved to San Diego with his father. Foster competed in football at Mission Bay Senior High School, where he initially played as a linebacker, but became a full-time running back in his junior and senior years. He was Mission Bay's featured running back those years, and led San Diego County in all-purpose yards with 2,500 while compiling 2,093 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns in addition to six scores on kickoff returns his senior year. In a game against Clairemont, Foster ran for 321 yards and for his efforts, he was named San Diego Union Tribune All-San Diego Western League Player of the Year, received All-West Region appointment by PrepStar, and also earned All-California Interscholastic Federation honors. Then-Tennessee offensive coordinator Randy Sanders and running backs coach Trooper Taylor were impressed by Foster when recruiting in San Diego. Foster chose to attend Tennessee and was part of the 2004 signing class.
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