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DT · Tampa Bay Buccaneers · week 7 · Sun Oct 25

Vita Vea

  • ROLE a starter
  • CLASS 2018 · R1 P12
  • EXP 8 seasons
  • AGE 29-31
  • DEPTH NT1
Call locked

Written and timestamped · not being published at the moment

As of week 7, Vita Vea was a DT for TB, age 31.6, 8 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 73% of snaps; his line was 2.2 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.3 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 120 games (postseason included) over 8 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl. His injury history held 17 episodes (foot 4, knee 3, calf 2), 2 of them reaching OUT, 7 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2025 week 11.

The full read

In short

Vita Vea is a starter at nose tackle for TB — 84% of the snaps in his best week of 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.

We have made a call on him this week

It is written down and timestamped, and it is not being published at the moment.

How our calls are checked

Our scale

NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED

Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.

No dated practice report for him this week

The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Tackles / game2.2 range 0.0–4.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Passes defended / game0.3 range 0.0–2.0

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

  • Snap share73.0% range 62–84

    wk 1–6 · 6 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 69%wk 1
  2. 62%wk 2
  3. 81%wk 3
  4. 77%wk 4
  5. 65%wk 5
  6. 84%wk 6

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 7Not injury related1—
2025 · wk 11back1—
2025 · wk 8foot1Questionable
2025 · wk 1foot1Questionable
2024 · wk 10hip1—
2024 · wk 7hamstring1Questionable
2024 · wk 3knee3Doubtful
2023 · wk 14toe3Doubtful
2023 · wk 8groin3Questionable
2023 · wk 7foot1Questionable
2023 · wk 3chest2Questionable
2022 · wk 15calf5Out
2022 · wk 12foot3Questionable
2021 · wk 11knee4Doubtful
2019 · wk 5neck1—
2019 · wk 4groin1—
2019 · wk 1knee1—
2018 · wk 1calf4Out

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 18 episodes · 37 weeks on a report · same site more than once: foot ×4

  • ruled out
  • doubtful
  • questionable
  • listed, and played

Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.

Our past calls vs what happened

Wk 7locked

Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.

The rest of his team's report this week

PlayerPosPracticeWhose wordCallChance he playsBand
Christian RozeboomLBDNPteam's word—
Antoine Winfield Jr.SLTDteam's wordOut
Luke GoedekeTLTDteam's wordOut
Josh HayesDBUNKteam's word—
Emeka EgbukaWRLTDteam's wordOut

The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.

The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show

Profile — as of week 7

RoleDT1 · 73% snaps
Season2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game2.2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.3 passes defended
Career8 seasons · 120 games before 2026
Honors1× Pro Bowl
Injuries17 episodes · last: back, 2025 wk 11
Bioage 31.6 · 8 seasons' experience · drafted round 1

Where the profile comes from

Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea starter at nose tackle — 84% of the snaps in his best week of 6
Listed on the depth chartfirst at nose tackle
Snaps played73% a week on average over 6 weeks, 84% at his highest, 18% on special teams
Build6 ft 4 in · 347 lb
CollegeWashington
Drafted2018, round 1 pick 12, by TB
Age29-31 at the season's start
Experience8 seasons

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.