67 Facts About Arian Foster

Arian Isa Foster was born on August 24,1986 and is an American former football player who is a musical artist under the name Bobby Feeno.

Arian Foster played professionally as a running back in the National Football League.

Arian Foster holds the Texans franchise records for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, and played for the Miami Dolphins.

Arian Foster was born August 24,1986, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Carl Arian Foster, a former wide receiver for the University of New Mexico, and Bernadette Sizemore, a secretary for the university.

Arian Foster's father signed with the Denver Broncos in 1982, though was released from the team before the start of the season.

Arian Foster's parents divorced in 2000 while he was attending Valley High School in Albuquerque, and in 2002, he moved to San Diego with his father.

Arian 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.

Arian Foster 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.

Arian Foster red-shirted his first season as a Tennessee Volunteer, sitting behind Gerald Riggs Jr.

Arian Foster was a three-year starter at running back for Tennessee.

Arian Foster took on a heavier responsibility in the running game later in the season.

Arian Foster suffered through an ankle injury and it ended up costing him two games.

Arian Foster ended the season with 91 carries for 322 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.

Tennessee's final game of the season was the 2007 Outback Bowl against the Penn State Nittany Lions, in which Arian Foster fumbled with ten minutes remaining deep in Penn State territory.

Arian Foster finished his junior season with 245 carries for 1,193 yards and 12 touchdowns, while catching 39 passes for 340 yards and an additional two scores.

Arian Foster finished third in the SEC in rushing yards.

Arian Foster finished his collegiate career as the school's second all-time leading rusher with 2,964 yards, only trailing Travis Henry.

Arian Foster fumbled just five times on a school-record 650 carries, but all of them came at critical moments.

Arian Foster had a couple of fumbles after a couple of big runs.

Arian Foster ranked 24th among running backs available in the 2009 NFL draft, according to Sports Illustrated.

The combination of factors led to Arian Foster being undrafted at the 2009 NFL draft; after several teams showed interest in him as a rookie free agent, he chose to sign a contract with the Houston Texans in May 2009 because he thought the situation suited him.

Arian Foster was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 1,2009.

Arian Foster was released by the team on September 5,2009, but was later signed to the Texans' practice squad on September 6 and signed to the active roster on November 17.

Arian Foster finished the 2010 season by winning the rushing title with 1,616 rushing yards and 604 receiving yards breaking the record set by Priest Holmes for most yards from scrimmage ever by an undrafted player.

Arian Foster was invited to the 2011 Pro Bowl, which was his first career invite.

Arian Foster was ranked 25th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011.

Arian Foster returned in Week 2 against the Miami Dolphins, but had to leave the game due to a re-aggravation of his hamstring.

Arian Foster missed Houston's Week 3 game on the road against the New Orleans Saints, but returned to face the Pittsburgh Steelers the following Sunday.

Arian Foster had a tough time generating yards on the ground, tallying just 68 yards on 22 carries.

Arian Foster continued to contribute in the passing game catching six passes for 52 yards in the losing effort.

Arian Foster exploded in Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans, rushing for 115 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries while accumulating 119 yards receiving and another touchdown on five catches.

Arian Foster followed up his career-day against the Titans with a solid performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Arian Foster was ranked 25th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2012.

Arian Foster was announced the starting running back in the AFC Division for the 2013 Pro Bowl.

Arian Foster ended the season with league-high 351 carries for 1,424 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.

Arian Foster was ranked 8th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2013.

Arian Foster sustained a back injury in August before the 2013 regular season began, which limited his preseason play, although he was able to play in the first eight weeks of the regular season.

Arian Foster left the game in Week 7 against the Kansas City Chiefs due to a calf injury.

Arian Foster had surgery on a bulging disk in his back on November 13,2013, in Los Angeles.

Arian Foster tried to play through the injury in the second divisional game against the Indianapolis Colts, the day he injured his back, and then tried to avoid surgery, but, after speaking with multiple doctors and specialists, Dr Watkins included, he decided to undergo surgery.

Arian Foster made it his goal after this devastating injury and surgery to enter the 2014 season as a healthy contributor to the Texans.

Arian Foster recorded his fourth consecutive 100-yard game with 151 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans.

Arian Foster had a great comeback season after returning from his back injury, rushing for 1,246 yards and eight touchdowns while having 38 receptions for 327 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns.

Arian Foster was named the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week for his Week 8 performance against the Tennessee Titans.

Arian Foster was ranked 80th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015.

Arian Foster started the 2015 season injured and did not play until Week 4 against the Atlanta Falcons.

Arian Foster ruptured his Achilles tendon on October 25,2015, in a Week 7 loss to the Miami Dolphins.

Two days later, Arian Foster was placed on injured reserve, effectively ending his season.

Arian Foster played in four games and finished the 2015 season with 63 carries for 163 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown to go along with 22 receptions for 227 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.

Arian Foster was released by the Texans on March 3,2016.

Arian Foster finished his Texans career with 6,472 yards and 54 rushing touchdowns, both franchise records.

On July 18,2016, Arian Foster signed a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins.

Arian Foster rushed for 55 yards in four games before suffering another lower body injury.

On October 24,2016, one day after rushing for five yards on three carries in Week 7 against the Buffalo Bills, Arian Foster announced his retirement from the NFL.

From a young age, Arian Foster expressed a creative interest in activities outside sports, such as poetry in elementary school, and improvisation and theater in high school.

Arian Foster first appeared on television as an actor, and not an athlete, as a guest star of the show Hawaii Five-0 in an episode that takes place during the Pro Bowl.

Arian Foster played himself, aiding Danno and McGarrett as they solved the murder of a tech executive, while Foster was in town for the game.

Arian Foster has not ruled out the possibility of partaking in an acting job if it does not interrupt his career as an athlete in any way.

In 2015, Arian Foster was one of the narrators for the documentary film Unity.

Arian Foster responded to comments he made on Twitter about being able to kill a wolf, and discussed his interest in physics, astronomy, artistic endeavors, and his uncensored take on the NCAA and the NFL.

Arian Foster made a guest appearance on the YouTube podcast Painkiller Already during which he gave his opinions on the NFL's battle with CTE and continued with his ideas on killing a wolf.

Arian Foster told his struggles with dealing with instantaneous fame of college football.

In 2017 Arian Foster had a cameo in the movie Baywatch starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

Arian Foster's first name is an abbreviated form of Aquarian, which means "water bearer", or, according to his father, "holder of knowledge".

Arian Foster became a vegan in July 2012, though this did not last very long.

Arian Foster revealed his political affiliation during an NFL game, stating he is "in the Green Party", and he voted for Ron Paul, who ran as a Republican in the 2012 Presidential election.

Arian Foster was raised as a Muslim, but has since renounced religion and now identifies as an atheist.