Can Rueben Bain Jr. be an agent of change for the Bucs defense?
The Bucs are hoping first-round pick Rueben Bain Jr. can do for their once-proud defense what he did for the Miami Hurricanes — serve as an agent of change and help return it to national prominence. ©Douglas R.
Clifford Maybe it was the predraft noise. The fatal car accident he was never charged in. The measurements that didn’t quite fit the prototype, the kind of narrative that grows louder the closer you get to draft night.
Maybe it was 30 7/8-inch arms or 9 1/8-inch hands. Whatever the reason, it was enough to push Rueben Bain Jr. down the board and right into the Buccaneers’ lap at No.
15 in the first round. The Bucs didn’t overthink it. They saw what Miami coach Mario Cristobal witnessed every Saturday — an “agent of change” for the Hurricanes program.
“I know you measure arm length and height and all that stuff, but do you measure who kicks the s--t out of who? ” Cristobal said. “That’s how I assess a player and evaluate a player.
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