I've noticed that the 3 players on my team with the highest fouls/min also happen to be the 3 players with the highest steals/min (Shepherd, Mughal, Prats). Could be a coincidence, though.
I have trained Mughal and Shepherd since age 19 and they always got steals no matter their OD...but they also always loved to foul...Mughal fouls way more than Shepherd, but Shepherd plays PF with enough ID for big men and OD to cover guards.