| Miami Hurricanes–No. 4 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Junior |
| Major | Studio Art |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 8, 2004 |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 270 lb (122 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Miami Central (Miami, Florida) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Rueben Bain Jr. (born September 8, 2004) is an American college football defensive end for the Miami Hurricanes.
Bain Jr. attended Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Florida and Jupiter Community Senior High School in Jupiter, Florida. [1] During his high school career he had 77 sacks. [2] 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. [3] [4] He played in the 2023 Under Armour All-America Game. [5] Bain Jr. committed to the University of Miami to play college football. [6]
Bain Jr. earned immediate playing time his true freshman year at Miami in 2023. [7] He became a starter after Akheem Mesidor suffered an injury during the second game of the season. [8]
| Season | Games | Defense | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | FF | PD | Int | Yds | DefTD | ||
| Miami Hurricanes | |||||||||||
| 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 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Career | 27 | 93 | 49 | 44 | 21.5 | 13.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |