#50
Vita Vea
TB · 2018–presentACT
VitaVea#50IDL
Age
31
Feb 5, 1995
Height
6'4"
76"
Weight
347
lb
College
Washington
2014-2017
Drafted
2018
Rd 1, Pk 12
Exp
8
seasons
Contract
$71M
4y · $17.8M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
34
2025
TFL
7
regular season
Sacks
4.5
regular season
QB Hits
13
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
74%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2014 — Present · Includes honors
2018
Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Interior DL
IDL · 130 active weeks
2021Pro Bowl
2024Pro Bowl
NFL
2014–2017
Washington · DL
NCAA

Draft Profile

2018 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 12
#12 overall by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TeamTB
Overall#12

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.