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Player file

Rueben Bain Jr.

EDG Edge Defender · official depth EDG1 · Miami · #3 · PRO

6' 3" · 270 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 22 · born 2004-09-08 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20Over The Cap · 2026-09-20

TB · active

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2026–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

#36 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 128 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20

Inspect season and contract figures
Season stats
  1. 2026 · TB · LB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

ContractOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

NFL by year
  1. 2026 · TB · LB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-21T18:56:15.212Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14as of 2026-09-13
College by year
  1. 2025 · Miami · defensive54 tkl · 9.5 sackHC Mario CristobalCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  2. 2024 · Miami · defensive23 tkl · 3.5 sackHC Mario CristobalCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  3. 2023 · Miami · defensive42 tkl · 7.5 sackHC Mario CristobalCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2026 · round 1 · pick 15 · TAM · Miami (FL)

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day
  1. 2026 Combine · EDGE · Miami · 6-2 · 263 lb

    Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which

nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

Injuries

Weekly injury report

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Suspensions / discipline

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Transactions
  • 2026-05-07 · TBSigned 2026 first-round pick OLB Rueben Bain Jr. to a four-year contract with a fifth-year team option.
  • 2026-04-23 · TBSelected OLB Rueben Bain Jr. in the first round (15th overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft.
TB transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-19

window 2026-01-012026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

Awards

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2026

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

Rueben Bain Jr. · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 6 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 2

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

  • Membership

    Answered · active

    Evidence window: 2026-09-21T17:09:26.515Z

    buccaneers.com / current roster sections
  • Lineup eligibility

    Answered · Roster eligible; game clearance is separate.

    Evidence window: 2026-09-21T17:09:26.515Z

    buccaneers.com / current roster sections
  • Listed role

    Answered · OLB

    buccaneers.com / players-roster + depth chart
  • Recent usage / sample

    Answered · Started · TB at CIN · one connected game / observation

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13

    NFL Game Summary
  • Production / sample

    Answered · defense: tkl 1, ast 0, comb 1, sk 0 · one connected game: TB at CIN

    Evidence window: 2026-09-13 · Week 1

    NFL Game Summary
  • Practice participation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Game designation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 3 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Contract term

    Answered · Signed through 2029

    Evidence window: 2026-09-20

    Over The Cap