Vita Vea holds the NT · Starter spot in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’s nose tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Vita Vea played 17 games in 2025 with a 74% snap share.

Vita Vea is a 31-year-old nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, standing 6'4" and weighing 347 pounds. Selected 12th overall in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay, Vea has appeared in 95 games with 90 starts over eight seasons. He compiled 222 career tackles (41 for loss), 30.5 sacks, 66 quarterback hits, seven passes defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. A Super Bowl LV champion and two-time Pro Bowl selection (2021, 2024), Vea earned his second Pro Bowl nod after recording 4.5 sacks and two passes defensed in 2025. Named a team captain for the 2024 season, he finished that year with a career-high 7.0 sacks.

Washingtonthrough 2017

Buccaneers2018 — present

CollegeWashingtonDraftRound 1 · No. 12 overall · 2018 · TBHometownMilpitas, CA