Leighton Vander Esch LOLB #55 92 OVR
6'4''
Height
256
Weight
28
Age
6 yrs
Exp
Boise State
College
X-Factor
Dev
1339
Trade Value
Drafted: 20th Pick, 1st Round
Trade Worth: Early 1st Rd Pick
$19.20M
Contract
4
Years
$14.00M
Signing Bonus
$8.03M
Salary
$10.50M
Cap Penalty
3
Years Left
Abilities
Zone Hawk
Zone Hawk defenders lock down a part of the field. When they enter the zone, this ability increases the rate of interceptions while in zone coverage.
Force incompletions
Don't allow yards
Demoralizer
Defenders with this ability will clear a ballcarrier's progress towards entering the zone with a hit-stick tackle.
Lumberjack
Defenders with this ability do not allow broken tackles and cause more fumbles when cut-sticking ballcarriers.
Career Stats
| 2024 Regular Season | Defense | |||||||||||
| WK | GAME | RESULT | Tck | Sck | Int | FF | FRec | Defl | Ctha | Sfty | TD | |
| 3 | DAL @ SEA | 21 - 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | WAS @ DAL | 31 - 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | CAR @ DAL | 21 - 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | DAL @ TB | 45 - 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defense Stats | |||||||
| Year | Team | Tackles | Sacks | FF | INT | TD | |
| 2022 | Dallas Cowboys | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |