Rueben Bain
Tampa Bay BuccaneersPos OLB
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 15 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 2026
Miami (ACC)
Taken
#15
where he actually went
Consensus board
7th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
5th
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#87
among OLB in our college data
He lasted longer than consensus.
In college · 2023-2025 · 24 games
17.0 sacks, 28 TFL, 26 pressures, 96 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.