Former San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster was claimed off waivers by the Washington Redskins Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Niners said they were releasing the 24-year-old Sunday after he was arrested late Saturday night at the team hotel on a charge of misdemeanor domestic violence. It remains to be seen if the league will suspend Foster for his latest transgression.
The arrest report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office said Foster was arrested at 9:10 p.m. ET Saturday at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Tampa and booked into jail two hours later. Foster’s bond was set at $2,000 during a bail hearing Sunday morning, along with orders to avoid any contact with the accuser. Foster was released on bond Sunday afternoon.
Foster’s latest arrest comes on the heels of a tumultuous offseason in which he was arrested on charges of felony domestic violence stemming from a February incident at his home in Los Gatos, California.
He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor weapons charge related to the initial domestic violence allegations and was arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession in January in Alabama.
Foster was sentenced to two years’ probation, 232 hours of community service and $235 in fines for the weapons charge, and he completed a first-time offender diversion course to have the marijuana charges dropped. Those issues resulted in his being suspended for the first two games of the season for violations of the league’s policies on personal conduct and substance abuse.
Foster’s time with the Niners will end after he appeared in 16 games over two seasons since the organization chose him with the 31st overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft. In that time, Foster had 101 tackles and three pass breakups.
Information from ESPN’s Nicholas Wagoner was used in this report.