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Leighton Vander Esch

DOB Feb 7, 1996 Age 27.1
College Boise State
Drafted 2018 1.19 Exp 5
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40-time
Bench
Vertical

4.65s
20 reps
39.50"

Broad Jump
Shuttle
Cone

124.0"
4.15s
6.88s

Who Is Leighton Vander Esch?

Leighton Vander Esch is an American football middle linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Boise State, and was drafted by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Leighton Vander Esch Stats

Season	Team	G	Snp	Snp%	Tackle	Assist	Sack	PD	INTRet	FFum
2018	DAL	16	784	76.6	100	41	0	5	2	0
2019	DAL	9	528	86.3	41	31	0.5	3	0	1
2020	DAL	10	459	67.5	29	31	1	0	0	1
2021	DAL	16	598	55.7	41	29	1	1	0	0
2022	DAL	14	746	79.2	54	36	1	1	0	1

Week	Opp	Result	Snp	Snp%	Tackle	Assist	Sack	PD	INTRet	FFum
1	CAR	L8-16	17	25.4	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
2	NYG	W20-13	28	41.2	6	1	0.0	0	0	0
3	SEA	L13-24	33	47.8	8	3	0.0	0	0	0
4	DET	W26-24	50	92.6	5	1	0.0	0	0	0
5	HOU	L16-19	80	100.0	9	4	0.0	0	0	0
6	JAC	W40-7	47	97.9	7	3	0.0	1	0	0
7	WAS	L17-20	21	35.0	3	1	0.0	0	0	0
9	TEN	L14-28	61	87.1	6	3	0.0	1	0	0
10	PHI	W27-20	62	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	1	0
11	ATL	W22-19	55	98.2	4	4	0.0	2	1	0
12	WAS	W31-23	59	93.7	7	2	0.0	1	0	0
13	NO	W13-10	44	84.6	6	4	0.0	0	0	0
14	PHI	W29-23	46	88.5	4	2	0.0	0	0	0
15	IND	L0-23	65	90.3	7	1	0.0	0	0	0
16	TB	W27-20	80	100.0	10	5	0.0	0	0	0
17	NYG	W36-35	36	50.7	3	6	0.0	0	0	0
WC	SEA	W24-22	50	90.9	6	4	0.0	1	0	0
DP	LAR	L22-30	61	77.2	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
1	NYG	W35-17	65	94.2	9	1	0.5	1	0	1
2	WAS	W31-21	55	88.7	3	2	0.0	0	0	0
3	MIA	W31-6	64	88.9	2	4	0.0	1	0	0
4	NO	L10-12	71	100.0	9	2	0.0	0	0	0
5	GB	L24-34	66	89.2	4	5	0.0	0	0	0
6	NYJ	L22-24	48	77.4	2	8	0.0	0	0	0
7	PHI	W37-10	22	36.1	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
10	MIN	L24-28	74	97.4	5	8	0.0	0	0	0
11	DET	W35-27	63	96.9	5	0	0.0	1	0	0
1	LAR	L17-20	23	31.5	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
6	ARI	L10-38	32	51.6	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
7	WAS	L3-25	67	97.1	9	3	0.0	0	0	0
8	PHI	L9-23	59	93.7	1	1	1.0	0	0	1
9	PIT	L19-24	38	55.1	3	3	0.0	0	0	0
11	MIN	W31-28	45	70.3	4	8	0.0	0	0	0
12	WAS	L16-41	60	87.0	4	3	0.0	0	0	0
13	BAL	L17-34	38	69.1	2	3	0.0	0	0	0
14	CIN	W30-7	65	90.3	2	5	0.0	0	0	0
15	SF	W41-33	32	38.1	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
1	TB	L29-31	14	21.9	2	0	0.0	0	0	0
2	LAC	W20-17	37	52.1	4	3	1.0	0	0	0
3	PHI	W41-21	44	75.9	3	1	0.0	0	0	0
4	CAR	W36-28	40	57.1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0
5	NYG	W44-20	31	46.3	4	1	0.0	0	0	0
6	NE	W35-29	28	51.9	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
8	MIN	W20-16	33	50.0	1	2	0.0	0	0	0
9	DEN	L16-30	51	65.4	5	7	0.0	0	0	0
10	ATL	W43-3	20	37.0	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
11	KC	L9-19	49	72.1	1	1	0.0	0	0	0
12	LV	L33-36	53	60.9	2	1	0.0	0	0	0
13	NO	W27-17	39	55.7	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
14	WAS	W27-20	28	41.2	2	1	0.0	1	0	0
15	NYG	W21-6	33	52.4	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
16	WAS	W56-14	41	68.3	2	2	0.0	0	0	0
17	ARI	L22-25	57	75.0	7	3	0.0	0	0	0
18	PHI	W51-26	65	87.8	2	4	0.0	1	1	0
WC	SF	L17-23	56	86.2	3	10	0.0	0	0	0
1	TB	L3-19	53	85.5	6	3	0.0	0	0	0
2	CIN	W20-17	63	90.0	4	3	1.0	1	0	0
3	NYG	W23-16	60	83.3	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
4	WAS	W25-10	68	91.9	5	3	0.0	0	0	0
5	LAR	W22-10	45	69.2	3	2	0.0	0	0	0
6	PHI	L17-26	54	76.1	3	4	0.0	0	0	0
7	DET	W24-6	53	91.4	7	3	0.0	0	0	0
8	CHI	W49-29	69	87.3	4	4	0.0	0	0	1
10	GB	L28-31	61	98.4	4	3	0.0	0	0	0
11	MIN	W40-3	42	73.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0
12	NYG	W28-20	56	87.5	5	3	0.0	0	0	0
13	IND	W54-19	61	84.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
14	HOU	W27-23	56	84.8	9	5	0.0	0	0	0
15	JAC	L34-40	5	7.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
WC	TB	W31-14	72	87.8	5	4	0.0	2	0	0
DP	SF	L12-19	65	98.5	3	8	0.0	0	0	0

Leighton Vander Esch Articles

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Jason King evaluates some of your best IDP waiver wire options this week.

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We offer up a bumper piece covering every dynasty-relevant rookie linebacker from the 2021 class.

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Dec 23, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We examine last week's IDP snap counts for NFC players.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week 14

Dec 15, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We break down the notable IDP snap counts from the NFC in week 14.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week 12

Dec 1, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We examine the more notable snap count numbers for NFC defensive players.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week 11

Nov 25, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We round up the notable defensive snap count numbers from week 11.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Ten

Nov 17, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We break down all the notable numbers from NFC defensive players this week.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Nine

Nov 10, 2021 · Tom Kislingbury

We cover all the important data from the week nine IDP snap counts in the NFC.

IDPeeved: Linebackers - 2020's Disappointing IDPs

Jul 26, 2021 · Daniel Simpkins

We look at some of the more disappointing linebackers of 2020. What can you expect moving forward?

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May 14, 2021 · Adam Tzikas

Our IDP staff put together a superflex rookie mock draft with defensive players included.

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NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week 12

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NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week 11

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We examine the IDP snap count data from the NFC in week 11.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Nine

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We examine the IDP snap counts in the NFC from week nine.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Eight

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We examine the defensive snap counts for NFC teams in week seven.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Three

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We break down all the crucial snap count data from week three.

NFC IDP Snap Counts: Week Two

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We cover the IDP snap count information from the NFC.

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