Defensive line, Miami, 2023–25
Rueben Bain Jr.
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 275 lb
- Class (2025)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Born
- Sep 8, 2004, in Miami, Florida
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Rueben Bain Jr. played defensive line at Miami (2023–25). He won the 2025 Ted Hendricks Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2025. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Bain in the first round, No. 15 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Indiana, 20253sacks, career highat Texas A&M, 2025Honors
- 2023ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
- 2025Ted Hendricks Award
- 2025Consensus All‑American
- 2025ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Miami 15 games, 54 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Notre Dame | W 27–24 | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 45–3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. South Florida | W 49–12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Florida | W 26–7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Florida State | W 28–22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Louisville | L 21–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Stanford | W 42–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at SMU | L 20–26 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Syracuse | W 38–10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Virginia Tech | W 34–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Pittsburgh | W 38–7 | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | at Texas A&M | W 10–3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | W 24–14 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 31–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 19 ✦ | vs. Indiana | L 21–27 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Miami 8 games, 23 tackles, 3.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | at California | W 39–38 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atLouisville | W 52–45 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs.Florida State | W 36–14 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Duke | W 53–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Georgia Tech | L 23–28 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Wake Forest | W 42–14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | atSyracuse | L 38–42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Iowa State | L 41–42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Miami 12 games, 42 tackles, 7.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs.Texas A&M | W 48–33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Bethune-Cookman | W 48–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Temple | W 41–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Georgia Tech | L 20–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at North Carolina | L 31–41 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Clemson | W 28–20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Virginia | W 29–26 | 7 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | at NC State | L 6–20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atFlorida State | L 20–27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Louisville | L 31–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Boston College | W 45–20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Rutgers | L 24–31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ |
| Weight | 263 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 77½″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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