Leighton Vander Esch

LB · 6'4" / 256 lbs

Drafted by DAL (2018) – Round 1, 19th Overall

Boise St. · HS: Salmon River (ID)

Born: Feb 9, 1997 · Riggins, ID

469

Tkl

3.5

Sacks

INT

TFL

Year	Pos	Ht	Wt	40yd	Bench	Broad	Shuttle	3Cone	Vert
2018	ILB	76	256	4.65	20	124	4.15	6.88	39.5

1x All-Pro · All-Rookie

Year	Tm	No.	Age	Honors
2018	DAL	55	21 (1)	2nd Team All-Pro · All-Rookie Team

Age (Season) · Season 1 = rookie year

Year	Tm	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Rate	Bltz	Prss	Sk	Tkl	MTkl	MTkl%
2018	DAL	16	11	90	72	80.0	602	96.4	15	2	0.0	140	10	6.7
2019	DAL	9	9	47	37	78.7	351	112.0	19	2	0.5	72	13	15.3
2020	DAL	10	10	22	19	86.4	172	99.2	9	2	1.0	60	12	16.7
2021	DAL	17	16	37	26	70.3	263	88.0	35	4	1.0	77	8	9.4
2022	DAL	14	14	31	24	77.4	214	95.4	17	3	1.0	90	3	3.2
2023	DAL	5	5	13	9	69.2	69	107.5	18	0	0.0	30	1	3.2
Career	—	71	65	240	187	77.9	1,671	98.9	113	13	3.5	469	47	10.0

Year	Tm	G	GS	RuTD	ReTD	TotTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts	P/G
2023	DAL	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1.2