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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

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Advanced Defense Table
											Pass Coverage											Pass Rush					Tackles
Rk	Year	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	2018	2018-09-09	1	1	21.212	DAL	@	CAR	L 8-16	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
2	2018	2018-09-16	2	2	21.219	DAL		NYG	W 20-13	0	6	6	100.0%	39	6.5	6.5	0	93.7	4.2	25	14	1	0	0	0.0	0	7	0	0.0%
3	2018	2018-09-23	3	3	21.226	DAL	@	SEA	L 13-24	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	10	1	9.1%
4	2018	2018-09-30	4	4	21.233	DAL		DET	W 26-24	0	4	4	100.0%	12	3.0	3.0	0	79.2	0.3	1	11	0	0	0	0.0	0	6	0	0.0%
5	2018	2018-10-07	5	5	21.240	DAL	@	HOU	L 16-19	0	11	10	90.9%	74	7.4	6.7	1	125.0	2.3	22	52	5	0	0	0.0	0	14	0	0.0%
6	2018	2018-10-14	6	6	21.247	DAL		JAX	W 40-7	0	11	6	54.5%	71	11.8	6.5	1	104.7	7.9	44	27	1	0	0	0.0	0	10	0	0.0%
7	2018	2018-10-21	7	7	21.254	DAL	@	WAS	L 17-20	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	1	20.0%
8	2018	2018-11-05	8	9	21.269	DAL		TEN	L 14-28	0	3	2	66.7%	14	7.0	4.7	0	77.1	2.0	2	12	2	1	0	0.0	1	9	2	18.2%
9	2018	2018-11-11	9	10	21.275	DAL	@	PHI	W 27-20	1	11	11	100.0%	115	10.5	10.5	0	72.3	8.6	95	20	0	0	0	0.0	0	13	0	0.0%
10	2018	2018-11-18	10	11	21.282	DAL	@	ATL	W 22-19	1	6	4	66.7%	34	8.5	5.7	0	41.7	2.0	0	34	0	0	1	0.0	1	8	2	20.0%
11	2018	2018-11-22	11	12	21.286	DAL		WAS	W 31-23	0	6	6	100.0%	33	5.5	5.5	0	89.6	0.3	2	31	1	0	0	0.0	0	8	0	0.0%
12	2018	2018-11-29	12	13	21.293	DAL		NOR	W 13-10	0	6	5	83.3%	17	3.4	2.8	0	79.2	-0.2	-6	23	0	0	0	0.0	0	10	0	0.0%
13	2018	2018-12-09	13	14	21.303	DAL		PHI	W 29-23	0	10	9	90.0%	85	9.4	8.5	1	135.4	5.1	27	58	2	0	0	0.0	0	6	3	33.3%
14	2018	2018-12-16	14	15	21.310	DAL	@	IND	L 0-23	0	4	0	0.0%	25		6.3	0	53.1	11.8	12	13	1	0	0	0.0	0	8	0	0.0%
15	2018	2018-12-23	15	16	21.317	DAL		TAM	W 27-20	0	6	6	100.0%	41	6.8	6.8	0	95.1	1.8	11	30	0	0	0	0.0	0	15	0	0.0%
16	2018	2018-12-30	16	17	21.324	DAL	@	NYG	W 36-35	0	6	3	50.0%	42	14.0	7.0	0	72.9	0.3	-2	44	2	0	0	0.0	0	9	1	10.0%
Rk	Year	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%
17	2019	2019-09-08	1	1	22.211	DAL		NYG	W 35-17	0	9	7	77.8%	33	4.7	3.7	1	119.0	1.8	9	24	3	0	1	0.5	2	10	0	0.0%
18	2019	2019-09-15	2	2	22.218	DAL	@	WAS	W 31-21	0	3	3	100.0%	41	13.7	13.7	0	118.7	4.3	13	28	0	0	0	0.0	0	5	0	0.0%
19	2019	2019-09-22	3	3	22.225	DAL		MIA	W 31-6	0	1	0	0.0%	0		0.0	0	39.6	6.0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0	6	0	0.0%
20	2019	2019-09-29	4	4	22.232	DAL	@	NOR	L 10-12	0	7	5	71.4%	33	6.6	4.7	0	81.2	6.0	23	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	11	3	21.4%
21	2019	2019-10-06	5	5	22.239	DAL		GNB	L 24-34	0	9	8	88.9%	83	10.4	9.2	0	105.1	2.8	-14	97	2	0	0	0.0	0	9	3	25.0%
22	2019	2019-10-13	6	6	22.246	DAL	@	NYJ	L 22-24	0	6	4	66.7%	56	14.0	9.3	0	96.5	10.3	23	33	5	0	0	0.0	0	10	2	16.7%
23	2019	2019-10-20	7	7	22.253	DAL		PHI	W 37-10	0	2	2	100.0%	25	12.5	12.5	1	158.3	12.0	24	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	1	25.0%
24	2019	2019-11-10	9	10	22.274	DAL		MIN	L 24-28	0	6	5	83.3%	62	12.4	10.3	0	109.7	5.5	9	53	1	0	0	0.0	0	13	2	13.3%
25	2019	2019-11-17	10	11	22.281	DAL	@	DET	W 35-27	0	3	2	66.7%	18	9.0	6.0	0	82.6	3.7	0	18	2	0	0	0.0	0	5	2	28.6%
Rk	Year	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%
26	2020	2020-09-13	1	1	23.217	DAL	@	LAR	L 17-20	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	2	40.0%
27	2020	2020-10-19	6	6	23.253	DAL		ARI	L 10-38	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	3	50.0%
28	2020	2020-10-25	7	7	23.259	DAL	@	WAS	L 3-25	0	2	2	100.0%	15	7.5	7.5	0	97.9	2.5	5	10	3	0	0	0.0	0	12	2	14.3%
29	2020	2020-11-01	8	8	23.266	DAL	@	PHI	L 9-23	0	1	0	0.0%	0		0.0	0	39.6	-3.0	0	0	2	0	1	1.0	2	2	0	0.0%
30	2020	2020-11-08	9	9	23.273	DAL		PIT	L 19-24	0	2	2	100.0%	4	2.0	2.0	0	79.2	-1.0	-2	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	6	0	0.0%
31	2020	2020-11-22	10	11	23.287	DAL	@	MIN	W 31-28	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	12	1	7.7%
32	2020	2020-11-26	11	12	23.291	DAL		WAS	L 16-41	0	6	5	83.3%	31	6.2	5.2	0	88.2	0.7	7	24	3	0	0	0.0	0	7	2	22.2%
33	2020	2020-12-08	12	13	23.303	DAL	@	BAL	L 17-34	0	4	4	100.0%	20	5.0	5.0	0	87.5	2.8	11	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	5	1	16.7%
34	2020	2020-12-13	13	14	23.308	DAL	@	CIN	W 30-7	0	5	4	80.0%	54	13.5	10.8	0	111.7	7.4	18	36	1	0	0	0.0	0	7	1	12.5%
35	2020	2020-12-20	14	15	23.315	DAL		SFO	W 41-33	0	2	2	100.0%	48	24.0	24.0	0	118.7	19.5	39	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
Rk	Year	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%
36	2021	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%
37	2021	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%
38	2021	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%
39	2021	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%
40	2021	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%
41	2021	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%
42	2021	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%
43	2021	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%
44	2021	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%
45	2021	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%
46	2021	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%
47	2021	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%
48	2021	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%
49	2021	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%
50	2021	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%
51	2021	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%
52	2021	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%
Rk	Year	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%
53	2022	2022-09-11	1	1	25.214	DAL		TAM	L 3-19	0	4	3	75.0%	15	5.0	3.8	0	80.2	3.5	10	5	0	1	0	0.0	1	9	0	0.0%
54	2022	2022-09-18	2	2	25.221	DAL		CIN	W 20-17	0	4	3	75.0%	18	6.0	4.5	0	83.3	-1.3	-1	19	4	0	0	1.0	1	7	1	12.5%
55	2022	2022-09-26	3	3	25.229	DAL	@	NYG	W 23-16	0	1	1	100.0%	6	6.0	6.0	0	91.7	-5.0	-5	11	2	0	0	0.0	0	3	1	25.0%
56	2022	2022-10-02	4	4	25.235	DAL		WAS	W 25-10	0	1	1	100.0%	3	3.0	3.0	0	79.2	0.0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	8	0	0.0%
57	2022	2022-10-09	5	5	25.242	DAL	@	LAR	W 22-10	0	3	2	66.7%	10	5.0	3.3	0	71.5	14.0	8	2	0	1	0	0.0	1	5	0	0.0%
58	2022	2022-10-16	6	6	25.249	DAL	@	PHI	L 17-26	0	3	2	66.7%	14	7.0	4.7	0	77.1	1.0	2	12	1	0	0	0.0	0	7	0	0.0%
59	2022	2022-10-23	7	7	25.256	DAL		DET	W 24-6	0	2	2	100.0%	26	13.0	13.0	0	118.7	1.5	3	23	1	0	0	0.0	0	10	0	0.0%
60	2022	2022-10-30	8	8	25.263	DAL		CHI	W 49-29	0	1	1	100.0%	36	36.0	36.0	0	118.7	17.0	17	19	0	0	0	0.0	0	8	0	0.0%
61	2022	2022-11-13	9	10	25.277	DAL	@	GNB	L 28-31	0	3	3	100.0%	17	5.7	5.7	0	90.3	5.3	16	1	3	0	0	0.0	0	7	0	0.0%
62	2022	2022-11-20	10	11	25.284	DAL	@	MIN	W 40-3	0	2	2	100.0%	28	14.0	14.0	0	118.7	14.0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
63	2022	2022-11-24	11	12	25.288	DAL		NYG	W 28-20	0	4	2	50.0%	10	5.0	2.5	0	56.2	-0.5	-2	12	0	0	0	0.0	0	8	0	0.0%
64	2022	2022-12-04	12	13	25.298	DAL		IND	W 54-19	0	3	2	66.7%	31	15.5	10.3	0	100.7	2.3	11	20	3	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0%
65	2022	2022-12-11	13	14	25.305	DAL		HOU	W 27-23	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	14	0	0.0%
66	2022	2022-12-18	14	15	25.312	DAL	@	JAX	L 34-40	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	100.0%
Rk	Year	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%
67	2023	2023-09-10	1	1	26.213	DAL	@	NYG	W 40-0	0	1	1	100.0%	7	7.0	7.0	0	95.8	0.0	0	7	7	0	0	0.0	0	6	0	0.0%
68	2023	2023-09-17	2	2	26.220	DAL		NYJ	W 30-10	0	3	1	33.3%	3	3.0	1.0	0	42.4	1.3	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	0	0.0%
69	2023	2023-09-24	3	3	26.227	DAL	@	ARI	L 16-28	0	1	1	100.0%	8	8.0	8.0	0	100.0	-6.0	-6	14	2	0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0%
70	2023	2023-10-01	4	4	26.234	DAL		NWE	W 38-3	0	2	1	50.0%	4	4.0	2.0	0	56.2	-1.0	0	4	7	0	0	0.0	0	7	0	0.0%
71	2023	2023-10-08	5	5	26.241	DAL	@	SFO	L 10-42	0	6	5	83.3%	47	9.4	7.8	1	138.9	1.0	6	41	1	0	0	0.0	0	10	1	9.1%
		71 Games							43-28-0	3	240	187	77.9%	1671	8.9	7.0	7	100.2	3.6	525	1146	113	6	3	3.5	13	469	47	9.1%

Playoffs Advanced Defense

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Playoffs Advanced Defense Table
											Pass Coverage											Pass Rush					Tackles
Rk	Year	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	2018	2019-01-05	17	18	21.330	DAL		SEA	W 24-22	0	7	6	85.7%	39	6.5	5.6	0	89.9	1.7	2	37	2	0	0	0.0	0	10	1	9.1%
2	2018	2019-01-12	18	19	21.337	DAL	@	LAR	L 22-30	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	2	1	0	0.0	1	4	2	33.3%
Rk	Year	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%
3	2021	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%
Rk	Year	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%
4	2022	2023-01-16	18	19	25.341	DAL	@	TAM	W 31-14	0	7	3	42.9%	26	8.7	3.7	0	53.3	6.1	13	13	2	0	0	0.0	0	9	1	10.0%
5	2022	2023-01-22	19	20	25.347	DAL	@	SFO	L 12-19	0	3	2	66.7%	8	4.0	2.7	0	70.1	0.7	3	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	11	1	8.3%
		5 Games							2-3-0	0	19	13	68.4%	82	6.3	4.3	0	77.1	3.4	25	57	7	1	0	0.0	1	47	7	13.0%