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Foster’s father, Carl, signed with the Denver Broncos in 1982, was not able to make it through the summer, and never actually made it to the NFL, but obviously the football genes were passed down to his son. Carl and Bernadette had a another son Abdul, who was also an athlete. He ran track in high school and in college at Florida A&M. According to The Sporting News, Abdul is one of Arian’s biggest fans to this day, watching “every snap of every game Arian has ever played.” Foster’s mother encouraged him to set foot on the football field at the age of 7. This was much to the dismay of Foster’s father, an ex-wide receiver himself. As a former player at a high level, Carl was not supportive of the idea of his son entering the sport at such a young age. Foster took to the game; when his elementary school teacher asked him the classic “what do you want to be when you grow up?” he answered, with full intent on achieving the goal of becoming “a star in the NFL.”

On the Big Screen
From a young age, Foster expressed a creative interest in activities outside sports, such as poetry in elementary school, and later improvisation and theater in high school. Foster first appeared on the big screen as a guest star of the show Hawaii Five-0 in an episode that takes place during the Pro Bowl. He plays himself, aiding Danno and McGarrett as they solve the murder of a tech executive, while he is in town for the game. After getting injured in the 2013 season, Foster joined the cast of the movie Draft Day, to play a running back getting drafted into the NFL. He got to work along side the stars Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Terri Crews, Kevin Costner, and many other celebrities, for the film that came out in April of 2014 Foster remains dedicated to his sport but has not ruled out the possibility of partaking in an acting job once again if it does not interrupt his career as an athlete in any way. In an interview on the subject he states, “I thoroughly enjoyed my experiences in the film industry thus far. So I don't see why, if an opportunity presents itself again, I wouldn't jump on it, but it won't get in the way of my football career because that's first and foremost. That was my dream since I was seven years old.”

2013
Foster injured his back in August before the regular season even started, which limited his preseason play. But he was able to play in the first 8 weeks of the regular season. Foster’s was not physically able to complete the 2013 season, but during the time that which he played, Foster had 121 carries, advancing the ball for a total of 542 yards, and had a touchdown in their second game of the regular season in which they beat the Tennessee Titans. He left the game in week 7 against the Chiefs due to a calf injury, and then in week 9 had to leave the game they lost to Indianapolis with a season ending back injury. The injury would require surgery for a ruptured disk in Foster’s lumbar spine. Dr. Robert Watkins performed surgery on Foster to fix a bulging disk in his back on November 13, of 2013 in Los Angeles at the Marina Del Rey Hospital. Foster had tried to play through the injury in the game against the 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 the surgery. Foster made it his goal after this devastating injury and surgery to enter the 2014 season as a healthy contributor to the Texans once again. He demonstrated day in and day out in the training room, during his recovery, that he was on the right track to do so.