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Vea joins list of Huskies linemen taken in first round | The News Tribune

Welcome to the NFL, Vita Vea.

And welcome to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who surrendered more yards than any other team in the NFL in 2017.

Vea, taken with the No. 12 pick in Thursday's first round of the NFL draft, will be counted on to help improve that.

The Huskies massive defensive lineman, who was the Pac-12 defensive player of the year last year, is the fifth-highest drafted UW defensive lineman. The other four: Steve Emtman (No. 1 overall), Reggie Rogers (No. 7), Ron Holmes (No. 8) and Doug Martin (No. 9).

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