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
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
100
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 119
- TFL
- 33
- Sacks
- 20.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 2
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Miami | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 62.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 12 | 35 | 9 | 7.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 8 | 22 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 71.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 15 | 37 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.9 |
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Miami paired 32 primary output with 35 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 35 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Miami
Games
15
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
35
Usage
11.1
Consistency
60.4
Best Game by takeover score
Texas A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 3.5. Ole Miss: 1. Ohio State: 2.5. Texas A&M: 7. Notre Dame: 2. Bethune-Cookman: 2. South Florida: 2. Florida: 2.5. Florida State: 2. Louisville: 0. Stanford: 0. SMU: 1.5. Syracuse: 3. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 8 by 68.3. Ole Miss: 1 by 14.2. Ohio State: 3 by 37.5. Texas A&M: 5 by 70.8. Notre Dame: 6 by 45. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 32.5. South Florida: 6 by 45. Florida: 7 by 54.2. Florida State: 4 by 36.7. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 2 by 23.3. Syracuse: 1 by 34.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.3 · Games = 12 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
15 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Texas A&M
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/20 | @ IndianaSplash game | L 21-27 | 8 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 1/9 | @ Ole Miss | W 31-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 1/1 | @ Ohio StateSplash game | W 24-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/20 | @ Texas A&M2+ sacks · Splash game | W 10-3 | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ PittsburghSplash game | W 38-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Virginia Tech | W 34-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs SyracuseSplash game | W 38-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ SMU | L 20-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Stanford | W 42-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/17 | vs Louisville | L 21-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Florida StateSplash game | W 28-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 26-7 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs South FloridaSplash game | W 49-12 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bethune-CookmanSplash game | W 45-3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Notre DameSplash game | W 27-24 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rueben Bain Jr. 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 production: 119 tackles, 33 tackles for loss, 20.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Rueben Bain Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami.
The arc is straightforward: Rueben Bain Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Miami
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Miami | 24.5 | 32.9 | 14.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 24.5 | 32.9 | 14.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 10 | 24.5 | 8.2 | -14.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 24.5 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Miami | 32 | 35 | 11.1 | 22 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Miami | 32 | 35 | 11.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 9 · W 29-26 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Clemson
Week 8 · W 28-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 9 Texas A&M
Week 1 · W 10-3 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
7
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Rutgers
Week 1 · L 24-31 · Postseason
4
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Louisville
Week 8 · W 52-45 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Miami
32 primary output · 35 efficiency · 11.1 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Miami
71.9
32 primary · 35 efficiency · 11.1 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Miami
62.7
24.5 primary · 32.9 efficiency · 14.7 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
20
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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