The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Rueben Bain Jr. 15th overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
2023: Freshman All-American. Third-team All-ACC. ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year. Led team with 3 FFs, tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks. Played in all 13 games with 11 starts (44 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, PBU).
2024: Honorable Mention All-ACC. Started 9 games (23 tackles, 5.5 TFLs with 3.5 sacks). Missed 4 games due to injury.
2025: Second-team Associated Press All-American. ACC Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-ACC. Finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy (nation's top defender with Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, Tenacity). Started all 16 games (54 tackles, 15.5 TFLs with 9.5 sacks, INT, PBU, FF).
Miscellaneous: Nickname is "Hurricane" (Bain). Father Rueben was called "Hurricane" by the Carol City High School PA announcer, played at Morris Brown College. Cousin, Tolbert, played DB for Miami. Brother, Reggie, was an OL grad assistant at Miami for two seasons before moving on to SMU to join former Miami coach Rhett Lashlee.
