American football player (1990–2021)For the American sailor, see Glen Foster.

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Glenn Foster Jr. (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.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Professional career

On April 28, 2013, he signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent.

On August 6, 2015, he was waived by the Saints.

Personal life

Foster attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, where he started playing football only as a sop*re, 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).

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. An autopsy showed evidence of "neck compressions and strangulation".

References

External links

• Illinois bio
• New Orleans Saints bio