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Bucs 1st-Round Pick Vita Vea Carted Away After Apparent Leg Injury

Related Topics: Cart, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Injury, Leg

Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea appeared to suffer a leg injury and was eventually carted off the practice field Sunday, per the Pewter Report:

PewterReport

#Bucs DT Vita Vea on the bench getting his left shin heavily wrapped: https://t.co/ex73fvxdHt

PewterReport

#Bucs first round pick, DT Vita Vea, leaves practice on a cart after suffering what appeared to be a left calf injury: https://t.co/Fd34qunMBF

Tampa Bay made Vea a major part of its future when it selected him with the No. 12 overall pick of the 2018 NFL draft, and losing him for any time not only takes away part of its defensive line rotation but cuts into his development.