According to Oliver Connolly of The Read Optional, University of Miami DE Rueben Bain was involved in a fatal traffic accident in March 2024. The report says Bain was driving when he collided with another vehicle. Two passengers in that vehicle were hospitalized, including 22-year-old Destiny Betts, who died of her injuries on June 13, 2024.
Connolly reports that the crash happened on Interstate 95 at 4 a.m. on March 14, 2024.
Bain was cited for careless driving. The accident report said he “operated his vehicle in a careless or negligent manner,” but the charge was dismissed in June, two weeks before Betts passed away without ever regaining consciousness.
Bain was ticketed again for careless driving in 2025, but that case was also dismissed.
This incident was not previously known in league circles. Connolly wrote that “multiple league sources confirmed they are not aware of the incident and are continuing to investigate.”
Another source told Connolly, “it doesn’t feel like [Bain] has been transparent with us,” while another unnamed team executive reportedly said, “We are concerned about multiple incidents.”
Bain is considered one of the top EDGE rushers in the 2026 NFL Draft and currently sits No. 7 overall on Mock Draft Database’s Consensus Big Board.
We’ll see if this report impacts Bain’s draft stock.
The late-breaking report harkens back to Ole Miss OT Laremy Tunsil’s unexpected slide to 13th overall in the 2016 NFL Draft after being considered a top-5 overall prospect.
Tunsil fell when a video emerged of him wearing a gas mask and smoking from a bong. However, that video hit minutes before the draft began. That gave teams little time to research and react.
Teams still have 10 days before the 2026 NFL Draft.
Fortunately for fantasy players, this issue is unlikely to impact Bain's IDP outlook at all.
Unless there's more to the story or other off-field issues, Bain seems unlikely to fall out of Round 1. And even if that were to happen, we need only look to last year for the example of Mike Green.
Generally viewed as a first-round talent, Green slid well into Round 2 because of multiple sexual-assault allegations in his past, including an episode that led to his departure from Virginia (where he started his college career). But Green landed with the Ravens and was getting starter-level playing time by Week 2.
Bain's historically short arms for the position -- 30.875 inches, first percentile -- remain a more significant risk for his production expectations than this late-emerging off-field issue.
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