Rueben Bain Jr.
 Bain in 2026 | |
| No. 4 – Miami Hurricanes | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 8, 2004 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 263 lb (119 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Miami Central (Miami, Florida) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Rueben Bain Jr. (born September 8, 2004) is an American college football defensive end for the Miami Hurricanes.
Early life
[edit]Bain Jr. was born on September 8, 2004 in Miami, Florida to parents Reuben Bain Sr. and Lechande Johnson. Bain hailed from an athletic background, his father, Bain Sr., was a two-way lineman for Miami Carol City Senior High School. His grandfather, Herman Bain, was a three-sport anthlete at Miami Northwestern Senior High School.[1] Bain Jr. attended Jupiter Community High School in Jupiter, Florida, later transferring to Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Florida.[2] During his high school career he had 77 sacks.[3] He was the Miami Herald 5A-IND Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a junior in 2021 and won the Nat Moore Trophy, given South Florida's best player, his senior year in 2022.[4][5] He played in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game.[6] Bain Jr. committed to the University of Miami to play college football.[7]
College career
[edit]Bain Jr. earned immediate playing time his true freshman year at Miami in 2023.[8] He became a starter after Akheem Mesidor suffered an injury during the second game of the season.[9]
| Season | Games | Defense | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | FF | PD | Int | Yds | DefTD | ||
| 2023 | 13 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 121 | 67 | 54 | 33.5 | 20.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 2+1⁄4 in (1.89 m) |
263 lb (119 kg) |
30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
6 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.97 m) | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[10][11][12] | ||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ read, Akash D·3 min (January 8, 2026). "What Is Rueben Bain Jr's Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Everything You Need to Know". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Miami, Alabama or Oklahoma? The patient approach of sack master Rueben Bain in picking a college". The Athletic. August 29, 2022.
- ^ "The birth of a 'Hurricane': How UM commit Rueben Bain became a record-setting sack master". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Central DL Rueben Bain is Miami-Dade County Defensive Player of the Year for 2M-1M". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Record-setting Central DE Rueben Bain wins Nat Moore Trophy as South Florida's top player". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Rueben Bain Played His Best Against the Best". Sports Illustrated. January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Miami Central star Rueben Bain picks hometown Hurricanes over FSU". South Florida Sun Sentinel. December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Hurricanes' 'monster' freshman Rueben Bain generating hype before first college season". South Florida Sun Sentinel. August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Hurricanes defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. proving he's one of the nation's top freshmen". South Florida Sun Sentinel. October 12, 2023.
- ^ "Rueben Bain Jr. Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ^ "Rueben Bain Jr. College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ^ "2026 NFL Scouting Combine Results Tracker". SteelersDepot.com. Retrieved February 26, 2026.