NFL draft: The worst first-round picks at every selection spot since 2002

The first round of the NFL draft is a veritable minefield with each of the 32 spots presenting its own opportunity for a pitfall. And with the odds for those picks panning out being about as random as a coinflip, the list of busts is a long one. But …

31. Reuben Foster, San Francisco 49ers (2017)

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What is it with the Niners and bad picks later in the first round? Character concerns and a failed drug test before the combine allowed the talented Alabama linebacker to fall all the way to the Niners and the 31st pick. But the risk wasn’t worth taking. Foster was suspended in 2018 for a weapons offense and then released in November following an arrest for domestic violence. He missed the entire 2019 season for the Redskins after tearing his ACL during his first practice with the team.

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