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Leighton Vander Esch

Leighton Vander Esch

Position: OLB

6-4, 256lb (193cm, 116kg)

Born: February 9, 1997 in Riggins, ID

College: Boise St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 35 (3207th overall since 1960)

High School: Salmon River (ID)

Draft: Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.

Pronunciation: \LAY-ton VAN-der-esh\

1x Pro Bowl

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Advanced Defense Table
										Pass Coverage											Pass Rush					Tackles
Rk	Date	G#	Week	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%
1	2021-09-09	1	1	24.212	DAL	@	TAM	L 29-31	0	1	1	100.0%	10	10.0	10.0	0	108.3	-3.0	-3	13	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0.0%
2	2021-09-19	2	2	24.222	DAL	@	LAC	W 20-17	0	3	2	66.7%	18	9.0	6.0	0	82.6	4.0	14	4	4	0	0	1.0	1	7	2	22.2%
3	2021-09-27	3	3	24.230	DAL		PHI	W 41-21	0	4	4	100.0%	64	16.0	16.0	0	118.7	1.5	6	58	1	0	0	0.0	0	4	1	20.0%
4	2021-10-03	4	4	24.236	DAL		CAR	W 36-28	0	4	4	100.0%	28	7.0	7.0	0	95.8	3.3	13	15	2	0	0	0.0	0	5	1	16.7%
5	2021-10-10	5	5	24.243	DAL		NYG	W 44-20	0	2	1	50.0%	13	13.0	6.5	0	70.8	3.5	-2	15	4	0	0	0.0	0	5	0	0.0%
6	2021-10-17	6	6	24.250	DAL	@	NWE	W 35-29	0	1	1	100.0%	14	14.0	14.0	0	118.7	-7.0	-7	21	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	1	25.0%
7	2021-10-31	7	8	24.264	DAL	@	MIN	W 20-16	0	1	1	100.0%	0		0.0	0	79.2		0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	3	1	25.0%
8	2021-11-07	8	9	24.271	DAL		DEN	L 16-30	0	2	1	50.0%	3	3.0	1.5	0	56.2	-2.0	-2	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	12	0	0.0%
9	2021-11-14	9	10	24.278	DAL		ATL	W 43-3	0	1	1	100.0%	8	8.0	8.0	0	100.0	6.0	6	2	1	1	0	0.0	1	3	0	0.0%
10	2021-11-21	10	11	24.285	DAL	@	KAN	L 9-19	0	4	3	75.0%	32	10.7	8.0	0	97.9	2.0	-5	37	7	1	0	0.0	1	2	0	0.0%
11	2021-11-25	11	12	24.289	DAL		LVR	L 33-36	0	2	0	0.0%	0		0.0	0	39.6		0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
12	2021-12-02	12	13	24.296	DAL	@	NOR	W 27-17	0	3	2	66.7%	42	21.0	14.0	0	109.7	-0.3	-1	43	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0%
13	2021-12-12	13	14	24.306	DAL	@	WAS	W 27-20	0	3	1	33.3%	3	3.0	1.0	0	42.4	4.0	2	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	4	0	0.0%
14	2021-12-19	14	15	24.313	DAL	@	NYG	W 21-6	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
15	2021-12-26	15	16	24.320	DAL		WAS	W 56-14	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	3	1	0	0.0	1	4	1	20.0%
16	2022-01-02	16	17	24.327	DAL		ARI	L 22-25	0	3	3	100.0%	8	2.7	2.7	1	118.7	2.7	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	10	0	0.0%
17	2022-01-08	17	18	24.333	DAL	@	PHI	W 51-26	1	4	2	50.0%	20	10.0	5.0	0	25.0	2.8	8	12	4	0	0	0.0	0	6	1	14.3%
	17 Games							12-5-0	1	38	27	71.1%	263	9.7	6.9	1	87.9	1.8	37	226	36	3	0	1.0	4	77	8	9.4%

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Playoffs Advanced Defense Table
										Pass Coverage											Pass Rush					Tackles
Rk	Date	G#	Week	Age	Tm		Opp	Result	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%
1	2022-01-16	18	19	24.341	DAL		SFO	L 17-23	0	2	2	100.0%	9	4.5	4.5	0	85.4	3.5	7	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	13	2	13.3%

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