Vita Vea NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Vita Vea is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Vea in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Vea's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Vita Vea

DTTB#50ACT

Vita Vea

2× Pro BowlTop 15% all-time pass rushersElite PlaymakerTwo-Way Profile

Height6'4"

Weight347 lb

BornFeb 5, 1995

Age31

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 1, Pick 12 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

2x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 132 · #771 · High-Value

Worth 132 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

47

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

7

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+18.9

Avg surplus

peak +29

7 seasons × ~18.9 surplus ≈ VORP 132

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	—	TB	9	—	25	18	7	4	4	3.0	11.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	493	58.5%	63	17.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	TB	14	—	35	19	16	4	12	2.5	18.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	7	2.0%	749	66.3%	109	22.1%	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3	0	1
2020	—	TB	5	—	10	6	4	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	223	70.4%	49	33.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	TB	14	—	31	20	11	5	12	4.0	21.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	2.5%	607	56.0%	95	27.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	TB	12	—	31	15	16	7	13	6.5	26.5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	539	59.1%	53	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	TB	14	—	42	27	15	8	9	5.5	22.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	607	61.7%	11	7.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	TB	15	—	37	22	15	10	13	7.0	30.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	3	2.0%	705	67.6%	92	19.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	TB	14	—	33	15	18	7	13	4.5	24.5	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.5%	764	73.6%	98	22.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	97	—	244	142	102	48	79	35.0	162.0	0	9	3	3	0	0	15	2.0%	4,687	64.1%	570	20.8%	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	—	—	1.3	0	1

Career EPA1.3·1 receiving·1.3/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2019	24	TB	1	1*	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	—
Career			1	1*	1	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	1	67.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2018	23	TB	9	8*	25	18	7	4	4	3.0	11.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	24	TB	14	11*	35	19	16	4	12	2.5	18.5	0	3	0	—	0	0
2020	25	TB	5	4*	10	6	4	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	26	TB	14	9*	31	20	11	5	12	4.0	21.0	0	3	0	1	0	0
2022	27	TB	12	8*	31	15	16	7	13	6.5	26.5	0	0	1	1	0	0
2023	28	TB	14	9*	42	27	15	8	9	5.5	22.5	0	0	2	—	0	0
2024	29	TB	15	11*	37	22	15	10	13	7.0	30.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2025	30	TB	14	13*	33	15	18	7	13	4.5	24.5	0	2	0	1	0	0
Career			97	73*	244	142	102	48	79	—	—	0	9	3	3	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	23	TB	13	8*	—	0.0%	493	58.5%	63	17.5%
2019	24	TB	16	11*	7	2.0%	749	66.3%	109	22.1%
2020	25	TB	5	4*	—	0.0%	223	70.4%	49	33.2%
2021	26	TB	16	9*	3	2.5%	607	56.0%	95	27.9%
2022	27	TB	14	8*	—	0.0%	539	59.1%	53	16.9%
2023	28	TB	15	9*	—	0.0%	607	61.7%	11	7.0%
2024	29	TB	16	11*	3	2.0%	705	67.6%	92	19.8%
2025	30	TB	17	13*	2	1.5%	764	73.6%	98	22.1%
Career			112	73*	15	—	4,687	—	570	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2019	24	—	—	11*	—	—	1.3	0	1
Career				11*	—	—	—	0	1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2019	24	TB	16	11*	1.0	1.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
Career			16	11*	—	—	—	0	0	—	1	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	TB	13	8*	0	0	—	—	—	8	4	1	1	3	0.1
2019	24	TB	16	11*	2	1	0.5	70.8	0.5	22	7	10	2	4	0.1
2020	25	TB	5	4*	1	1	1.0	156.2	-4.0	5	2	1	0	2	0.2
2021	26	TB	16	9*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	15	3	7	0	5	0.1
2022	27	TB	14	8*	2	2	1.0	114.6	2.5	16	3	6	0	1	0.0
2023	28	TB	15	9*	2	1	0.5	81.2	-2.0	13	4	3	0	2	0.0
2024	29	TB	16	11*	1	1	1.0	91.7	4.0	18	5	6	0	1	0.0
2025	30	TB	17	13*	2	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	15	2	8	0	4	0.1
Career			112	73*	11	7	—	—	—	112	30	42	3	22	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

65

Sustained

career value

×.6

73

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 49.5

Availability 15.5

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2018bestavg 62elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

19

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

1.33 EPA/season over 1 season50

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

69

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.712See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.712Snap share64.1%Def snaps4,687ReliableCV 0.23

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DL · 2018 class

5.10s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 15thClass Pos 46thClass All 15th

41 reps

Bench

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 86thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo6Ast4TFL2QBHits6Sk2.5Dis10.5

College Stats

WashingtonImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	Washington	17	13	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	0	—	1	0	—	—
2016	Washington	39	22	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	0	—	1	0	—	—
2017	Washington	43	30	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	0	—	0	0	—	—
Career		99	65	—	—	—	9.5	9.5	0	0	2	0	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #12

#4Denzel WardCB #5Bradley ChubbOLB #6Quenton NelsonG #7Josh AllenQB #8Roquan SmithILB #9Mike McGlincheyOT #10Josh RosenQB #11Minkah FitzpatrickFS #13Daron PayneNT #14Marcus DavenportDE #15Kolton MillerOT #16Tremaine EdmundsMLB #17Derwin JamesFS #18Jaire AlexanderCB #19Leighton Vander EschOLB #20Frank RagnowG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Vita inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Jason Pierre-Paul (2018–2025), and handed it to Ndamukong Suh (2019–2021).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TB
2018draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 12

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 347 lb

Frame

347 lb at 5.10s

Size-speed

41 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TB	0	W3Doubtful· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Hamstring
2023	TB	0	W3Questionable· PectoralW4Questionable· PectoralW7Questionable· FootW8Questionable· GroinW9Questionable· GroinW14Questionable· ToeW15Doubtful· Toe
2022	TB	3	W12Questionable· FootW13Questionable· FootW15Out· CalfW16Out· CalfW17Questionable· CalfW18Out· CalfW19Questionable· Calf
2021	TB	0	W11Doubtful· KneeW12Questionable· Knee
2018	TB	3	W1Out· CalfW2Out· CalfW3Out· CalfW4Questionable· Calf

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

68

peak 73

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2018

C+2019

D2020

B2021

B+2022

B2023

B+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

84%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2018	3	0.3	6+3	0.3
2019	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2020	2	0.4	7+5	0.4
2021	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2022	6.5	0.5	10+3.5	0.6
2023	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2024	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2025	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

132 career value over replacement — #771 all-time of 4,642. 16.5/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · TB · 2018 · +7.7 vs expected KV-H

68actual

60.3 expected · Δ+7.7

💔+21.1 stolen VORP·1.28 szns lost

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