Vita Vea

Vita Vea

DT

#50

Experience: R

Height: 6-4

Age: 24

Weight: 347 lbs

College: Washington

2018 SEASON

TCKLS

21
SCK

3
FF

0
INT

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WK	OPP	RESULT	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	FF
17	Falcons	L 32 - 34	3	3	0	0	0	0
16	@Cowboys	L 20 - 27	3	2	1	1	0	0
15	@Ravens	L 12 - 20	9	6	3	0	0	0
14	Saints	L 14 - 28	3	2	1	0	0	0
13	Panthers	W 24 - 17	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	49ers	W 27 - 9	4	4	0	1	0	0
11	@Giants	L 35 - 38
10	Redskins	L 3 - 16	1	1	0	1	0	0
9	@Panthers	L 28 - 42
8	@Bengals	L 34 - 37	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Browns	W 26 - 23	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	@Falcons	L 29 - 34
4	@Bears	L 10 - 48
3	Steelers	L 27 - 30
2	Eagles	W 27 - 21
1	@Saints	W 48 - 40

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDS	FF	OPP FR
2018	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	8	25	18	7	3		0						0
TOTAL		13	8	25	18	7	3	0	0	0	0	NaN	0	0	0	0

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Vita Vea on Learning from Jason Pierre-Paul and Playing Against Panthers Christian McCaffrey | Bucs Interview, Oct 31

DT Vita Vea spoke to the media on Wednesday during Week 9.

Biography

Acquired:

Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.

Acquired:

Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.

College:

Played in 40 career games at Washington (2014-17), recording 100 tackles (15 for loss), 9.5 sacks, six passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two blocked kicks.

As a redshirt junior (2017), earned the Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year Award, as well as the Morris Trophy, given annually to the top defensive lineman in the Pac-12, as voted on by the conference’s offensive linemen.

Named second-team All-American by USA Today, Sports Illustrated, SB Nation and The Athletic, while earning first-team All-Pac-12 Honors from both the league’s coaches and the Associated Press. Was also a finalist for the Polynesian Player of the Year and was a Bednarik Award semifinalist.

Started all 13 games as a senior, recording 44 tackles (5.5 for loss), four passes defensed, 2.5 sacks and a blocked punt.

Helped anchor Washington’s run defense, which ranked fourth in the NCAA in rushing yards allowed per game (100.9), while only allowing 2.86 yards per carry, the second-lowest mark in the NCAA.

Part of a Washington defense that allowed just 16.1 points per game, the fifth-best mark in the country, and allowed only 298.0 yards per game, the eighth-fewest in the NCAA.

Played in all 14 games, with five starts, as a redshirt sophomore (2016), tallying 39 tackles (6.5 for loss), 5.0 sacks, two passes defensed and a forced fumble.

As a redshirt freshman in 2015, played in 13 games, registering 17 tackles (three for loss), one forced fumble, one pass defensed and one sack.

Redshirted in 2014.

Personal:

Attended Milpitas High School (Milpitas, California).

Played defensive line and running back in high school.

Named to MaxPreps.com All-NorCal first team and Division II all-state first-team as a senior, while also being named first-team All-Metro by the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News.