.jpg) Vea with the Buccaneers in 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||||
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| Born: | February 5, 1995 Stanford, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 347 lb (157 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Milpitas (Milpitas, California) | ||||||||||
| College: | Washington (2014–2017) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2018 / round: 1 / pick: 12 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Tevita Tuliʻakiʻono Tuipulotu Mosese Vaʻhae Fehoko Faletau Vea[2] (born February 5, 1995), otherwise known as Vita Vea, is an American professional 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.