Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Washington
Vita Vea
DL • 6'5" • 340 lbs • Milpitas, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Vita Vea shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Washington
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Washington
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
Vita Vea built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Milpitas, CA wearing No. 50, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Vita Vea's career was his defensive production: 83...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 12
- Overall
- No. 12
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Vita Vea, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Washington. Vita Vea shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.1 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Vita Vea quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Washington · DL
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Washington
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Union City · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Union City · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 12 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DL 49th (top 7%) · Pac-12 81st (top 16%) · National 875th (top 16%)
Vita Vea played DL for Washington. Across 4 tracked seasons, Vita Vea recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Washington.
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