 Bain in 2026 | |
| No. 4 – Miami Hurricanes | |
|---|---|
| Position | Defensive end |
| 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 |
| College | Miami (FL) (2023–2025) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Rueben Bain Jr. (born September 8, 2004) is an American football defensive end. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.
Bain Jr. was born on September 8, 2004, in Miami, Florida. He attended Jupiter Community High School in Jupiter, Florida, later transferring to Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 [9] [10] | ||||||||||||