Vita Vea Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'4" / 347 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- February 5, 1995 (29)
- Experience
- 7th Season
- Drafted
- 2018 / Rd. 1 / Pk. 12 (TB)
- College
- Washington
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Vita Vea News
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be missing another key defender in Week 14 against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, as defensive tackle Vita Vea (toe) has been ruled out. In addition, the Bucs will be without linebacker Devin White (foot) and cornerback Jamel Dean (ankle, foot) yet again. Vea is the team's best run-stopper at nose tackle and has 33 tackles, 5.5 sacks and two forced fumbles this year for the Bucs, so his absence is pretty notable this weekend against a Falcons team that loves to run the rock more often than not. With the 28-year-old Vea sidelined on Sunday, Greg Gaines will see more playing time on the Buccaneers' defensive line.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea is listed as questionable for Week 7 against the Atlanta Falcons. The Bucs' anchor on the defensive line is managing a foot injury and was on and off the practice field this week, logging limited sessions on Wednesday and Friday with a DNP in between. Missing Vea would be a blow to Tampa's run defense, and Falcons running backs Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier could see a bump in production if the lineman is ultimately ruled out on Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers restructured defensive tackle Vita Vea's contract on Friday to clear around $9 million in salary cap space for 2023, according to a source. Vea signed a four-year, $73 million contract extension with the team before last season, and he was scheduled to make $12.5 million in 2023. Tampa continues to adjust to get under the salary cap this season. After making his first Pro Bowl in 2022, Vea had a career-high 6.5 sacks, 31 tackles (15 solo), seven tackles for loss, 13 QB hits, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 14 regular season starts in Tampa last year. He'll remain a key cog on the interior of the Bucs' defensive line in 2023.
Depth Chart
- Offense
- Defense
FS | Antoine Winfield Jr. |
NT | Vita Vea |
LDE | Calijah Kancey |
RDE | Logan Hall |
LOLB | Yaya Diaby |
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka | |
LILB | K.J. Britt |
RILB | SirVocea Dennis |
ROLB | Anthony Nelson |
RCB | Jamel Dean |
Zyon McCollum | |
NB | Christian Izien |
KR | Deven Thompkins |
QB | Kyle Trask |
RB | Rachaad White |
LWR | Mike Evans |
RWR | Chris Godwin |
SWR | Trey Palmer |
Rakim Jarrett | |
TE | Cade Otton |
Ko Kieft | |
LT | Tristan Wirfs |
C | Robert Hainsey |
RG | Cody Mauch |
RT | Luke Goedeke |
Brandon Walton |
P | Jake Camarda |