Buccaneers draft Rueben Bain Jr., who has short arms, but does that matter? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

That may be why he slid to the No. 15 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took him in the first round on Thursday night.

Bain was a college star for the Miami Hurricanes in a run to the national championship game.

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It's the third-shortest arm length ever measured at the NFL Combine.

The only two players with shorter arms are a potential later-round pick this year, Cashius Howell, and Nate Williams, a former NFL player who never made much of an impact.

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Bain may not test well, but that's not what his game is about.

He's "proven doubters wrong," ESPN's Laura Rutledge said to him Thursday night.

"I can do anything I put my mind to," Bain told her during Thursday's draft broadcast.

He'll do anything he can to prove the doubters wrong one more time.

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