Former Miami Hurricanes star Rueben Bain, who was drafted by Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appears in new YouTube documentary
Former Miami Hurricanes star Rueben Bain has decided to tell his story.
Last month he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the No. 15 pick in the NFL Draft. He now plans to tell his story in a documentary on YouTube. Bain released a trailer of it Saturday on social media.
It begins with a clip of him telling the media how he feels about the game of football.
"I just eat, sleep and breathe football," Bain said.
Bain was projected as a top 10 pick before slipping to Bucs at No. 15. Before the draft, some scouts questioned if Bain's short arms would be an issue at the next level. The Tampa Bay upper management and had no concerns about his talen
The Bucs feel they got him with the steal of the first day.
"Every year, I think we all seem to invent new ways to overthink things," Bucs general manager Jason Licht said. "The arm length, all the different measurements, they come into play in all of our meetings, a thousand hours of meetings that we've logged. If you stare at the tape long enough, I've learned the tape usually wins the argument. That's the conclusion that we came to. We never thought it was a hindrance in his play."
There were plenty of questions about Bain's arm length entering the draft. He was originally projected as a top 10 pick before the concerns were raised. Bain was the ACC Player of the Year and earned first-team All-American honors. He was a big reason why the Hurricanes returned to national prominence. He helped them make the College Football Playoff championship game, where they lost to the Indiana Hoosiers.
And the Bucs are perfectly happy with their pick even though some other teams passed on drafting him.
"You can probably ask all of the tackles in the SEC, Big Ten and ACC if shorts arms are a hindrance to his play," Licht said. "They'd probably all agree that it doesn't."
And it looks like Bain is willing to share all of his NFL life in the documentary.
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