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Rueben Bain Jr | 2026 NFL Draft Profile: Post-Combine Top-50 Snapshot

NFL Draft Analyst Will Rock Has Rueben Bain Jr At #13 In The Detroit Football Journal Top-50 Players 2.0

Mar 14, 2026
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#13 | EDGE | Rueben Bain Jr | Miami |

Ht: 6’ 2-1/4” (6022) | Wt: 263 | Hand: 9.125” | Arm: 30.875” | Wing: 77.625” | Ape: 1.05

2025 Stats: 54 Tackles (29 Solo) | 15.5 TFL | 9.5 SKs | 67 PRS | 1 PBU | 1 INT | 2 FF

Key Stats: 23.5% Pass Rush WR | 6.9% Run Stop | 31 Stops | 54 Hurries

PFF: 87.5 RDG | 91.8 Pass RG | 92.5 Overall

Red Flags: 18.8% MTR 2025 | 0% Percentile Arm Length

Draft Stock: ⬇️ 7 | Previous Rank #6


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Player Profile Snapshot

Rueben Bain Jr. arrived in Indianapolis as a consensus top-five lock, after delivering an absolute masterclass on his 2025 tape. Racking up nine and a half sacks, and a lethal 23.5% pass-rush win rate, Bain operated with pure violence and a relentless motor to routinely collapse the pocket. He attacks the line of scrimmage with an aggressive, low-center-of-gravity approach, establishing himself as one of the most statistically productive, dominant and highly-evaluated collegiate edge defenders in the country against both the run and the pass. But then he opted out of the agility portion of the NFL Combine—leaving as the NFL Draft’s most polarizing riddles.

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