(1995-02-05) February 5, 1995 (age 29) Stanford, California, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:
347 lb (157 kg)
Career information
High school:
Milpitas (Milpitas, California)
College:
Washington (2014–2017)
NFL draft:
2018 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2018–present)
Roster status:
Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (LV)
Pro Bowl (2021)
Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2017)[1]
Morris Trophy (2017)
First-team All-Pac-12 (2017)
Second-team All-Pac-12 (2016)
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles:
180
Sacks:
23.5
Forced fumbles:
3
Fumble recoveries:
2
Pass deflections:
6
Player stats at PFR
Tevita Tuliʻakiʻono Tuipulotu Mosese Vaʻhae Fehoko Faletau Vea[2] (born February 5, 1995), otherwise known as Vita Vea, is an American football nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington and was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Vea won Super Bowl LV with the team over the Kansas City Chiefs, and was selected to the Pro Bowl the following year.
^"Pac-12 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced". Pac-12. December 5, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
^Jude, Adam (April 24, 2018). "Vita Vea is poised to become Huskies' second consecutive first-round NFL draft pick". Seattle Times. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
Tuliʻakiʻono Tuipulotu Mosese Vaʻhae Fehoko Faletau Vea (born February 5, 1995), otherwise known as VitaVea, is an American football nose tackle for the Tampa...
linebackers Lavonte David, Carl Nassib, Jason Pierre-Paul, nose tackles VitaVea and Beau Allen and defensive end William Gholston, Bowles implemented the...
Mike Greene DE 90 Logan Hall DE 94 Calijah Kancey DE 75 Lwal Uguak DE 50 VitaVea NT Linebackers 43 Chris Braswell OLB 52 K. J. Britt ILB 54 Lavonte David...
Stan Mataele, Vili Maumau, Alfred Pupunu, Vai Sikahema, Star Lotulelei, VitaVea, and Peter Tuipulotu. Matangi Tonga – online newspaper Taimi o Tonga (Times...
activated on January 3, 2024. Fehoko is a second cousin of NFL nose tackle VitaVea. His father worked as a chef at a Bay Area restaurant that was owned by...
Return specialist – Senior Jet Award (top return specialist) : Winner VitaVea – Defensive tackle – Junior Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year Morris...
(2004), Terna Nande (2006), David Molk (2012), Jordan Roos (2017), and VitaVea (2018) The NFL's first scouting organization, LESTO (Lions, Eagles and...
Dolphins Minkah Fitzpatrick † S Alabama SEC 1 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers VitaVea † NT Washington Pac-12 from Cincinnati via Buffalo 1 13 Washington Redskins...
Tom Brady WR Mike Evans T Tristan Wirfs G Ali Marpet C Ryan Jensen DT VitaVea OLB Shaquil Barrett MLB Devin White FS Antoine Winfield Jr. AP All-Pros...
184 yards and 2 touchdowns en route to a dominant 35–22 win. Nose tackle VitaVea became the heaviest man in NFL history to catch a touchdown pass at 347...
Gholston DE 90 Logan Hall DE 94 Calijah Kancey DE 79 Pat O'Connor DE 50 VitaVea NT Linebackers 7 Shaquil Barrett OLB 52 K. J. Britt ILB 54 Lavonte David...
Ngata BYU Head Football Coach Kalani Sitake Singer Dinah Jane NFL player VitaVea Musical group The Jets NFL player, television news reporter Vai Sikahema...
Mike Greene DE 90 Logan Hall DE 94 Calijah Kancey DE 75 Lwal Uguak DE 50 VitaVea NT Linebackers 43 Chris Braswell OLB 52 K. J. Britt ILB 54 Lavonte David...
round pick Tab Perry – NFL football player; 2005 NFL Sixth round pick VitaVea – NFL football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 2018 NFL First round...
to pick up star performers in the draft. He drafted players Mike Evans, VitaVea, Carlton Davis III, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Devin White, Tristan Wirfs, Antoine...
pass to Aaron Jones to the 2, but the ball was knocked away for a fumble. VitaVea recovered the loose ball in the endzone for a touchback, and the Tampa...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft Round Pick Player Position College Notes 1 12 VitaVea * DT Washington From Cincinnati via Buffalo 2 38 Ronald Jones II RB USC...
NT 56 Rakeem Nuñez-Roches NT 79 Pat O'Connor DE 93 Ndamukong Suh DE 50 VitaVea NT Linebackers 58 Shaquil Barrett OLB 41 Deone Bucannon MLB 54 Lavonte...
AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020. Smith, Scott (October 13, 2020). "VitaVea, Jack Cichy to I.R. Among Multiple Bucs Moves". Buccaneers.com. Retrieved...
40-yard dash runs". NFL.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023. "347-pound VitaVea wants John Ross to know the 40-yard dash record's going down". Texans lose...
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