The pasts and futures of two players in the NFL Draft are intertwined like Alabama kudzu.
Vanderbilt's Zach Cunningham has been passed over three times in his career for Alabama's Reuben Foster. It could happen a fourth time in the first round of the NFL Draft, but Foster has given NFL executives reasons to question his character.
If Foster falls in the draft, Cunningham could benefit. Whatever happens, NFL executives and fans likely will be comparing both players throughout their careers. As it happens, that's been the case in Alabama for the past four years. Cunningham is from the Birmingham suburb of Pinson and chose Vanderbilt in large part because Foster, a native of Auburn, couldn't decide on his hometown team or Alabama until National Signing Day in 2013.
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http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/04/complicated_history_binds_reub.html
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Interesting story written pre-Draft about Cunningham & Foster which wouldn't have caught my eye before the Draft since I had never heard of Cunningham and had no idea we would draft a linebacker so high this year anyway.
Vanderbilt's Zach Cunningham has been passed over three times in his career for Alabama's Reuben Foster. It could happen a fourth time in the first round of the NFL Draft, but Foster has given NFL executives reasons to question his character.
If Foster falls in the draft, Cunningham could benefit. Whatever happens, NFL executives and fans likely will be comparing both players throughout their careers. As it happens, that's been the case in Alabama for the past four years. Cunningham is from the Birmingham suburb of Pinson and chose Vanderbilt in large part because Foster, a native of Auburn, couldn't decide on his hometown team or Alabama until National Signing Day in 2013.
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http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/04/complicated_history_binds_reub.html
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Interesting story written pre-Draft about Cunningham & Foster which wouldn't have caught my eye before the Draft since I had never heard of Cunningham and had no idea we would draft a linebacker so high this year anyway.