Rueben Bain Jr.
| Miami Hurricanes – No. 44 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Freshman |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Miami Central (Miami, Florida) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Rueben Bain Jr. is an American football defensive end for the Miami Hurricanes.
High school career
[edit]Bain Jr. attended 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 2022 Under Armour All-America Game.[5] Bain Jr. committed to the University of Miami to play college football.[6]
College career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Miami, Alabama or Oklahoma? The patient approach of sack master Rueben Bain in picking a college". The Athletic.
- ^ "The birth of a 'Hurricane': How UM commit Rueben Bain became a record-setting sack master". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Central DL Rueben Bain is Miami-Dade County Defensive Player of the Year for 2M-1M". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Record-setting Central DE Rueben Bain wins Nat Moore Trophy as South Florida's top player". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Rueben Bain Played His Best Against the Best". Sports Illustrated. January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Miami Central star Rueben Bain picks hometown Hurricanes over FSU". South Florida Sun Sentinel. December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Hurricanes' 'monster' freshman Rueben Bain generating hype before first college season". South Florida Sun Sentinel. August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Hurricanes defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. proving he's one of the nation's top freshmen". South Florida Sun Sentinel. October 12, 2023.