Glenn Foster Jr.[1] (May 31, 1990 – December 6, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born: | May 31, 1990 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | December 6, 2021 (aged 31) Northport, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 285 lb (129 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College: | Illinois | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||
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Professional career
editOn April 28, 2013, he signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent.[2]
On August 6, 2015, he was waived by the Saints.[3]
Personal life and death
editFoster attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he started playing football only as a sophomore, and spent much of his time developing an interest in business. Retired from the NFL in 2016, since then he had been focusing on his efforts in real estate development and sales, together with his wife Pamela (who earned her own general contractor's license in 2014).[4]
On December 6, 2021, Foster died shortly after being put into custody by police in Pickens County, Alabama. His cause of death is under investigation.[1][5] An autopsy showed evidence of "neck compressions and strangulation".[6]
The family of Foster has filed a lawsuit against Carriage Services Inc., the Louisiana funeral home that has been hired to handle his remains. The funeral home is alleged to have improperly handled his remains and to have destroyed his brain without authorization or consent by the family; his family had wanted to have Foster’s brain examined for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. They are being represented by Benjamin Crump and Kenneth Abbarno.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Vargas, Ramon Antonio; Perlstein, Mike (December 7, 2021). "Ex-Saint Glenn Foster died after a police chase, jail fight, and desperate bid to get medical help". Nola.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "New Orleans Saints Announce 2013 Rookie Free Agent Class". neworleanssaints.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Terrell, Katherine (August 7, 2015). "New Orleans Saints waive Glenn Foster, sign Travis Manning". NOLA. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Joel A. Erickson, "Building his future: Former Saints defender Glenn Foster has flourished after football, working as a contractor, developer and real estate agent" Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New Orleans Advocate, April 9, 2016.
- ^ Madani, Doha (December 7, 2021). "Former New Orleans Saints player Glenn Foster dies after being taken into police custody". NBC News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Burke, Minyvonne (December 17, 2021). "Autopsy of former NFL player Glenn Foster suggests 'evidence of strangulation,' family says". NBC News. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Robinson, Carol (December 8, 2022). "Funeral home 'mutilated and unlawfully disposed' of ex-Saint Glenn Foster Jr.'s body after Alabama police custody death, lawsuit alleges". AL.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
External links
edit- Illinois bio
- New Orleans Saints bio Archived September 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine