DT · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #50
Vita Vea
NT1- College
- Washington
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 347 lb
- Experience
- 9th season
Sacks
1.0▼ 3.5 vs '25
45th of 103 DL
Pressures
5▼ 10 vs '25
54th of 103 DL
Pressure rate
1.6%▼ 0.3 vs '25
72nd of 103 DL
Run stops
6▼ 15 vs '25
85th of 103 DL
Tackling
14 tkl
1 tfl · 10 stops · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 103 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ CINL | 44 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs CLEL | 36 | 62.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs MINL | 48 | 81.4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 4 vs GBL | 46 | 76.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ DALW | 39 | 65.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs PITL | 66 | 83.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ CARW | 29 | 51.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 308 | 70.6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Buccaneers
$30Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $30M
- Guaranteed
- $46M 153%
- 2026 cap hit
- $10.8M 3.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 308 | 70.6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 79.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 764 | 73.2 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 39.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 705 | 67.2 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 91.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 607 | 61.6 | 42 | 31 | 8 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 81.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 539 | 58.9 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 114.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 607 | 55.9 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 15.6 | 4.0 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 79.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 223 | 69.7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 156.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 749 | 66.2 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 70.8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 493 | 58.9 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 119 | 4,995 | 64.0 | 258 | 212 | 49 | 9.6 | 36.0 | 83 | 117 | 12 | 109.4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 |