Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.
Has started 24-of-29 games he has played, recording 63 tackles, including eight for loss, 5.5 sacks and three passes defensed.
Scored first NFL touchdown when he caught a 1-yard pass from Jameis Winston in Buccaneers' win at Atlanta (11/24).
Made NFL debut at Chicago (9/30/18).
Made first career start in win vs. Cleveland (10/21/18).
Recorded first career sack (Alex Smith) vs. Washington (11/11/18).
Recorded a career-high nine tackles, which is the most by a Buccaneers defensive lineman since Week 15 of 2015, at Baltimore (12/16/18).
Started all 16 games as the centerpiece of the NFL's top-ranked run defense, recording 35 tackles, including four for loss, 2.5 sacks, three passes defensed and 12 quarterback hits.
Has played six offensive snaps in goal-line situations, making one touchdown reception (one yard).
Started season opener vs. San Francisco (9/8) and recorded three tackles.
Contributed four tackles and a quarterback hit in win at Carolina (9/12).
Logged one tackle and two quarterback hits vs. New York Giants (9/22).
Recorded one tackle and two quarterback hits while anchoring defense which held Rams to 28 rushing yards in win at Los Angeles (9/29).
Posted one tackle at New Orleans (10/6).
Notched a half-sack and four tackles vs. Carolina (10/13).
Collected three tackles, including one for loss, at Tennessee (10/27).
Registered three tackles and one quarterback hit at Seattle (11/3).
Recorded three tackles and first career pass defensed in win vs. Arizona (11/10). Also logged three offensive snaps and provided key block on Buccaneers' game-winning one-yard touchdown run with 1:43 remaining.
Matched a season high with four tackles vs. New Orleans (11/17).
Caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Jameis Winston to go along with a sack and two passes defensed in the Buccaneers' win at Atlanta (11/24).
Anchored a defense that held Jacksonville (12/1) to 242 total net yards and 49 rushing yards (2.9 ypc) in victory. Also provided lead block on Peyton Barber one-yard touchdown run.
Anchored a defense that held Jacksonville (12/1) to 242 total net yards and 49 rushing yards (2.9 ypc) in victory. Also provided lead block on Peyton Barber one-yard touchdown run.
Registered one quarterback hit in win vs. Indianapolis (12/8).
Tallied three tackles, including one for loss, and one quarterback hit vs. Houston (12/21).
Logged three tackles, including a sack, vs. Atlanta (12/29).
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.
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.
Vea, along with the defensive lineman hosted the 8th annual "D-Line Delivers Christmas". Local families were surprised with a tour of AdventHealth Training Center, dinner with D-Line, and a shopping spree at Target.
