Reuben Foster Reportedly Agrees to Remain on Commissioner Exempt List

Washington linebacker Reuben Foster will not appeal his placement on the Commissioner Exempt List and will remain inactive until his latest domestic violence case is closed.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the decision will likely keep Foster off the field for the remainder of the 2018 season.

Foster, 24, was arrested Nov. 24 on domestic violence charges against the same woman who first accused him of hitting her in February. Those charges were dropped after the woman, Elissa Ennis, said she made up the story in order to get money from Foster.

The San Francisco 49ers released Foster following the second arrest. He was claimed off waivers by Washington on Wednesday.

The franchise has publicly backed its decision to claim Foster in ways that have also garnered criticism.

"We've got people who are in high, high, high, high places that have done far worse, and if you look at it realistically, they're still up there," Washington's senior vice president of player personnel, Doug Williams, told reporters. "This is small potatoes (compared to) a lot of things out there."

Williams later apologized for his remarks.

Even some within the league have levied harsh criticisms of Washington.

"What do they gain by doing this now? It reflects poorly on the entire league. It makes all of us look bad. They said in their own press release he might not ever play a snap for them. What's the point? I'm kind of disgusted by it," a league executive told CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora.

Foster was a 2017 first-round draft pick and has recorded 101 tackles across 16 career games.