If you pull up the national sack leaderboard, Miami Hurricanes defensive end Rueben Bain Jr. is not there.

Expand the list to the top 50 players, and he still does not appear. Is he in the top 100? No, not there either. The junior defensive end, who has two sacks this season, is currently tied with dozens of other players around the country for 241st nationally.

So why is the Hurricanes star getting Heisman hype ? Why is he being talked about as the potential No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft a year after former teammate Cam Ward went No. 1?

Bain has been nothing short of the most disruptive defensive player in the nation this season, even if some traditional stats don’t show it.

“In terms of statistical numbers or whatnot, I think the world’s always in love with that stuff becaus

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