Rueben Bain Responds To Short Arms Critique
April 27th, 2026
Rueben Bain’s arms are three inches shorter than those attached to the torso of YaYa Diaby.
It’s a crisis for an edge rusher, if you ask some NFL talent evaluators.
Does that take frustrate Bain, the Bucs’ first-round draft pick? He answered that question on SiriusXM NFL Radio.
“I wouldn’t even say it’s frustrating because I know the real, because I know what football takes,” Bain said. “And I know what football can do when you actually put your hand in the dirt. So, if people wanna sleep on that, go ahead. They’ll just have to see me when they see me.
Praised for his relentless leg drive, Bain put that on coaches and work ethic. “It is a tremendous respect to my coach and my training and, and it just speaks on my mindset of my motor. I don’t let quote-unquote measureables define who I am,” Bain said.
Bain’s arm length at the NFL Scouting Combine measured 30 7/8 inches. Diaby mesaured 33 7/8 back in 2023.
And for those wondering, last year’s Bucs fourth-round draft pick, edge rusher David Walker, a man officials at One Buc Palace think will stun the NFL with his prowess this season, had arms that measured just 31 7/8 inches at the Combine.