Rueben Bain Jr.Feb 25, 2026
The Miami prospect said they showed they are the best defensive player in the draft and agreed they'd be a top-10, even top-five, pick.
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What Rueben Bain Jr. said
That I'm the best defensive player in the the draft, the best in the country.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 1: Live from the NFL Combine with Broncos HC Sean Payton & Miami DE Rueben Bain Jr.
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- SaidFeb 25
- GradedAug 13
How the call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 64.8 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Rueben Bain to be picked “top five” (picks 1–5)
What happenedWent 1564.84Close · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Rueben Bain
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 64.84
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 15
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 64.84
- predicted pick:
- top five (picks 1–5)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
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