NFL Draft prospect Rueben Bain Jr. mum about 2024 crash when publicly asked about it for first time

As a lot as everybody would want it had by no means occurred, the automobile accident Rueben Bain Jr. caused in 2024 that left one among his passengers in a coma earlier than she ultimately died months later, can’t be wished away.

The tragedy occurred. And that can’t be swept beneath the proverbial rug.

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But Bain has finished his greatest to do precisely that within the months since he completed his last season on the University of Miami and earlier than Thursday’s first spherical of the NFL draft.

Bain, together with all of the others top prospects attending the NFL draft in Pittsburgh, on Wednesday participated in a league-sponsored group occasion on the dedication of US Steel Community Field at Hazelwood Green.

After the ceremony all of the prospects spoke with reporters. And that is when, for the first time, Bain was asked about the fateful accident.

“I’m not answering any questions about that,” Bain stated when he was asked if he is anxious about the crash in South Florida will have an effect on his draft standing.

Then he was asked a follow-up query on the identical topic.

“I’m not answering anything about that,” Bain insisted.

This will not be sudden as a result of, as OutKick reported beforehand, Bain was equally reticent about answering questions about the incident for a number of groups on the NFL mix.

That, by the way in which, set off alarms for some personnel individuals on one workforce, per a supply on that workforce.

Kansas City Chiefs normal supervisor Brett Veach speaks on the NFL Scouting Combine on the Indiana Convention Center on Feb. 24, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

And, frankly, for nothing.

Bain had the case in opposition to him dismissed. He’s settled a lawsuit with the motive force of the opposite automobile and the household of deceased Destiny Betts is providing a supportive assertion about him. All the NFL groups which have spoken with Bain have been conscious of the accident previous to their conferences, together with the Kansas City Chiefs who holds the No. 9 general decide within the first spherical.

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“Well first off, we were probably aware of that at the start of the season. It happened obviously a few years ago,” Chiefs normal supervisor Brett Veach stated final week. “As far as that impact, look, it’s our responsibility to do our due diligence and fully vet each player as always. Like with any case, we do so with the understanding that all these cases are different and unique.”

“This is the most important part of our job, is getting the player right. The whole body of work,” Veach stated. “What he does on the field, what he does off the field, and we approach it with every case is unique and different but that’s something that above all, is the most important part of what we do. How these guys are going to come in here and they have to be successful on the field but also off the field.”

The Chiefs confirmed important pre-draft curiosity within the edge rusher — maybe greater than some other workforce.

“It’s part of the process, needless to say we spent a lot of time with (Bain Jr.) at the combine,” Veach stated, “Brought him here (and) had a lot of meetings with a lot of different people and that process is consistent with not just him but with all of our players that we bring here and that we have on our draft board.”

Fans go to the world surrounding the 2026 NFL Draft stage exterior Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on April 19, 2026, 4 days earlier than the first spherical of the draft. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Here’s the issue for Bain: Regardless of how tight-lipped he is been with groups and now reporters about the accident, it won’t magically disappear.

If he falls out of the Top 10 within the draft, everybody will level to the accident and his evasiveness about it. And ask him about that.

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It’s additionally a strong wager that wherever he is drafted, some enterprising native reporter will dig additional into that fateful 4 am mishap in March 2024. And then extra questions about it might be asked by individuals getting no solutions from Bain.

It is bound sufficient Bain’s proper to defer on the topic. But that will not make it go away.