Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Miami
Rueben Bain Jr.
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
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Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
98
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Rueben Bain Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Rueben Bain Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 15
- Overall
- No. 15
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rueben Bain Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Miami. Rueben Bain Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Rueben Bain Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 119
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Miami
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Miami Central · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Miami Central · 116 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 15 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · DL 18th (top 2%) · ACC 59th (top 8%) · National 521st (top 9%)
Rueben Bain Jr. played DL for Miami. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rueben Bain Jr. recorded 119 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Miami.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionfirst
- 20252025 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus
- 20242024 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention
- 20232023 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionthird
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