He grew up playing basketball for the PSA Cardinals Amateur Athletic Union program.

He earned New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class AAA first team honors and was selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game.

[4] Vital originally committed to play college basketball for UNLV but re-opened his recruitment after head coach Dave Rice left the program.

Following the season he declared for the 2018 NBA draft, but opted to return to UConn, citing "unfinished business.

[20] Vital was named the CEBL Final MVP after scoring 17 points in the 90–88 win over Scarborough.

[23] On April 1, 2023, Vital signed with Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, but didn't play for them.

[26] On June 6, 2024, Vital joined the Henan Golden Elephants of the National Basketball League.