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#50 Vita Vea

92

Defensive Tackle · Tampa Bay Buccaneers

92
Role Score
Key Starter
Projected Role
Unknown
Current Status
TBTB
Last Season → Now

Player profile

Age
31 yr
+4.8 yr vs NFL DT86th percentile
Height
6'4"
+0.7" vs NFL DT58th percentile
Weight
347 lb
+41.3 lb vs NFL DT99th percentile
NFL Experience
8 years
Birth Date
Feb 5, 1995
College
Washington
Draft
2018
Draft Pick
R1 · #12

Availability & contract

Expected Games
16/17
Total Contract
$71M
This Year
$22M
+$20M vs NFL DT94th percentile
Per Game
$1.3M

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against
92
Roster Value+43.9 vs NFL DT100th percentile
92
Role+44.6 vs NFL DT96th percentile
94
Experience+52.4 vs NFL DT91st percentile
83
Prime−4.9 vs NFL DT18th percentile
92
Durability+31.4 vs NFL DT86th percentile
99
Continuity+62.3 vs NFL DT92nd percentile
88
Draft Pedigree+56.6 vs NFL DT98th percentile
77
Contract Fit+20.0 vs NFL DT93rd percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Vita Vea fits · Defensive Tackles

TB defensive tackles, last season vs this season — Vita Vea is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Defensive Line Coach: Marcus West
#50Vita Vea929216/179499928388$22M31.66'4"347
Jayson JonesPractice squad45455/17——50910$885K24.96'6"340
#92Elijah Simmons39459/17192553920$1.0M25.26'1"313
#90DeMonte CapehartDrafted, unsigned36353/1700508834—24.26'5"313
#56Rakeem Nunez-Roches40259/17890527510$1.3M33.26'2"307
Last season · 2025Defensive Line Coach: Marcus West
Vita Vea929216/179499928388$22M31.66'4"347
Greg GainesUnknown756216/178595958944—30.46'1"312
C.J. BrewerPractice squad43456/17334738960—28.86'2"280
Jayson JonesPractice squad45455/17——50910$885K24.96'6"340
Elijah Simmons39459/17192553920$1.0M25.26'1"313
Nash HutmacherOn waivers36455/170050930$885K25.46'4"310

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“Vea's new deal replaces the final season of the four-year deal he signed in January of 2022 and adds another year through 2027.”
ReportedTampa Bay Buccaneers official site

Transactions

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#50Vita Vea

Roster Value92
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Vita Vea agree to a contract extension

Aug 19, 2026
Official