Leighton Vander Esch

OLB · DAL · 2018–2023 · 75 games · Boise State · 76 in / 255 lb · Draft: 2018 R1 #19 (DAL)

Season by season (regular season)

Season	Team	G	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sacks	QB Hits	INT	PD	FF
2018	DAL	16	97	38	2	0	1	2	7	0
2019	DAL	9	41	29	1	0.5	1	0	3	1
2020	DAL	10	29	28	1	1	1	0	0	1
2021	DAL	17	43	29	3	1	1	1	2	0
2022	DAL	13	47	36	2	1	1	0	1	1
2023	DAL	5	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
Career		70	271	173	10	3.5	5	3	13	3

Splits (per game)

Split	G	Team SU	Team ATS	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sacks	QB Hits	INT
All games	75	45-30	43-31-1	3.9	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Home	37	26-11	22-14-1	4.3	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Away	38	19-19	21-17	3.4	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Team won	45	45-0	40-4-1	3.8	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Team lost	30	0-30	3-27	3.9	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Team favored	48	33-15	28-19-1	3.9	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Team underdog	27	12-15	15-12	3.7	2.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Playoffs	5	2-3	1-4	3.8	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Last 5 games	5	3-2	3-2	2.8	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Last 10 games	10	7-3	5-5	3.5	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

Vs every opponent (per game)

Opp	G	SU	ATS	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sacks	QB Hits	INT
NYG	8	8-0	7-1	3.9	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
WAS	8	5-3	5-3	4.0	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
PHI	7	5-2	5-2	3.9	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3
MIN	4	3-1	3-1	3.2	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SF	4	1-3	1-3	2.8	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
TB	4	2-2	2-1-1	5.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ARI	3	0-3	0-3	3.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DET	3	3-0	2-1	5.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
LA	3	1-2	1-2	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NO	3	2-1	2-1	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ATL	2	2-0	2-0	3.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5
CAR	2	1-1	1-1	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
CIN	2	2-0	2-0	3.0	3.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
GB	2	0-2	0-2	4.0	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
HOU	2	1-1	1-1	8.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
IND	2	1-1	1-1	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NE	2	2-0	2-0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NYJ	2	1-1	1-1	2.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SEA	2	1-1	0-2	6.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
BAL	1	0-1	0-1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
CHI	1	1-0	1-0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DEN	1	0-1	0-1	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JAX	1	1-0	1-0	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
KC	1	0-1	0-1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
LAC	1	1-0	1-0	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
LV	1	0-1	0-1	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
MIA	1	1-0	1-0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PIT	1	0-1	1-0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TEN	1	0-1	0-1	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Offensive players he has made plays against

From play-by-play since 2016: sacks, interceptions, QB hits, pass breakups and solo tackles credited to one player against the other. Open full player-vs-player →

Player	Games met	Sacks	INT	QB hits	Pass def	Solo tkl	Years
Carson Wentz H2H	2	1.0	1	1	0	0	2018–2020
Saquon Barkley H2H	6	0.0	0	0	0	15	2018–2023
Zach Ertz H2H	4	0.0	0	0	1	10	2018–2021
Matt Ryan H2H	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	2018–2018
Austin Hooper H2H	1	0.0	0	0	2	1	2018–2018
Alvin Kamara H2H	2	0.0	0	0	0	8	2018–2019
Dalvin Cook H2H	4	0.0	0	0	0	8	2019–2022
Gardner Minshew H2H	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	2021–2021
Justin Herbert H2H	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	2021–2021
Joe Burrow H2H	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	2022–2022
Antonio Gibson H2H	3	0.0	0	0	0	8	2020–2021
Evan Engram H2H	2	0.0	0	0	1	3	2018–2019
Leonard Fournette H2H	3	0.0	0	0	0	7	2021–2022
Chris Carson H2H	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	2018–2018
Peyton Barber H2H	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	2018–2020
Julio Jones H2H	2	0.0	0	0	1	2	2018–2022
Christian McCaffrey H2H	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	2018–2023
Hayden Hurst H2H	1	0.0	0	0	1	1	2022–2022
James O'Shaughnessy H2H	1	0.0	0	0	1	1	2018–2018
Eli Manning H2H	1	0.5	0	1	0	0	2019–2019
Alfred Blue H2H	1	0.0	0	0	0	5	2018–2018
Adrian Peterson H2H	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	2018–2019
Sterling Shepard H2H	3	0.0	0	0	0	4	2018–2019
J.J. Arcega-Whiteside H2H	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	2021–2021
Aaron Jones H2H	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	2019–2019

Injury history

Season	Wk	Team	Game status	Injury	Practice
2023.0	6.0	DAL	Out	Neck, Concussion	Did Not Participate In Practice
2022.0	19.0	DAL	–	Neck	Full Participation in Practice
2022.0	18.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Limited Participation in Practice
2022.0	17.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2022.0	16.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2022.0	14.0	DAL	Questionable	Illness	Did Not Participate In Practice
2020.0	17.0	DAL	Out	Ankle	Did Not Participate In Practice
2020.0	16.0	DAL	Out	Ankle	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	16.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	15.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	14.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	13.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	12.0	DAL	Out	Neck	Did Not Participate In Practice
2019.0	10.0	DAL	–	Neck	Limited Participation in Practice
2019.0	9.0	DAL	Questionable	Neck	Limited Participation in Practice
2019.0	6.0	DAL	–	Illness	Full Participation in Practice

Game log

Date	Szn	Wk	Opp	Score	SU	Line	ATS	O/U	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sacks	QB Hits	INT	PD	FF
2023-10-08	2023	5	@SF	10-42	L	+3.5	L	O	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023-10-01	2023	4	NE	38-3	W	-6.5	W	U	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-09-24	2023	3	@ARI	16-28	L	-11.5	L	O	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-09-17	2023	2	NYJ	30-10	W	-8.5	W	O	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-09-10	2023	1	@NYG	40-0	W	-3.5	W	U	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-01-22	2022	20P	@SF	12-19	L	+3.5	L	U	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-01-16	2022	19P	@TB	31-14	W	-2.5	W	U	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
2022-12-11	2022	14	HOU	27-23	W	-17.0	L	O	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-12-04	2022	13	IND	54-19	W	-11.0	W	O	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-11-24	2022	12	NYG	28-20	W	-10.5	L	O	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-11-20	2022	11	@MIN	40-3	W	-1.5	W	U	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-11-13	2022	10	@GB	28-31	L	-3.5	L	O	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022-10-30	2022	8	CHI	49-29	W	-10.5	W	O	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2022-10-23	2022	7	DET	24-6	W	-7.0	W	U	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-10-16	2022	6	@PHI	17-26	L	+6.5	L	O	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-10-09	2022	5	@LA	22-10	W	+5.5	W	U	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-10-02	2022	4	WAS	25-10	W	-3.0	W	U	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-26	2022	3	@NYG	23-16	W	+1.0	W	O	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-18	2022	2	CIN	20-17	W	+7.5	W	U	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0
2022-09-11	2022	1	TB	3-19	L	+2.5	L	U	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-01-16	2021	19P	SF	17-23	L	-3.0	L	U	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-01-08	2021	18	@PHI	51-26	W	-6.5	W	O	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
2022-01-02	2021	17	ARI	22-25	L	-6.5	L	U	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-12-26	2021	16	WAS	56-14	W	-10.5	W	O	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-12-19	2021	15	@NYG	21-6	W	-11.5	W	U	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-12-12	2021	14	@WAS	27-20	W	-6.5	W	U	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-12-02	2021	13	@NO	27-17	W	-6.0	W	U	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-11-25	2021	12	LV	33-36	L	-7.0	L	O	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-11-21	2021	11	@KC	9-19	L	+2.5	L	U	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-11-14	2021	10	ATL	43-3	W	-8.0	W	U	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-11-07	2021	9	DEN	16-30	L	-10.5	L	U	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-10-31	2021	8	@MIN	20-16	W	+4.5	W	U	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-10-17	2021	6	@NE	35-29	W	-3.5	W	O	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-10-10	2021	5	NYG	44-20	W	-7.5	W	O	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021-10-03	2021	4	CAR	36-28	W	-4.5	W	O	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-27	2021	3	PHI	41-21	W	-3.5	W	O	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-19	2021	2	@LAC	20-17	W	+3.0	W	U	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
2021-09-09	2021	1	@TB	29-31	L	+10.0	W	O	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-12-20	2020	15	SF	41-33	W	+4.0	W	O	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-12-13	2020	14	@CIN	30-7	W	-3.0	W	U	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-12-08	2020	13	@BAL	17-34	L	+8.5	L	O	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-11-26	2020	12	WAS	16-41	L	-2.5	L	O	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020-11-22	2020	11	@MIN	31-28	W	+7.0	W	O	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-11-08	2020	9	PIT	19-24	L	+14.0	W	U	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-11-01	2020	8	@PHI	9-23	L	+10.0	L	U	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
2020-10-25	2020	7	@WAS	3-25	L	-1.0	L	U	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-10-19	2020	6	ARI	10-38	L	-1.0	L	U	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-09-13	2020	1	@LA	17-20	L	+1.0	L	U	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-11-17	2019	11	@DET	35-27	W	-7.5	W	O	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-11-10	2019	10	MIN	24-28	L	-3.5	L	O	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-10-20	2019	7	PHI	37-10	W	-3.0	W	U	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019-10-13	2019	6	@NYJ	22-24	L	-7.0	L	O	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-10-06	2019	5	GB	24-34	L	-3.5	L	O	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-29	2019	4	@NO	10-12	L	-2.5	L	U	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-22	2019	3	MIA	31-6	W	-22.0	W	U	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-15	2019	2	@WAS	31-21	W	-6.0	W	O	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-08	2019	1	NYG	35-17	W	-7.0	W	O	9	1	0	0.5	1	0	1	1
2019-01-12	2018	19P	@LA	22-30	L	+7.5	L	O	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-01-05	2018	18P	SEA	24-22	W	-2.5	L	O	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-12-30	2018	17	@NYG	36-35	W	+7.5	W	O	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-12-23	2018	16	TB	27-20	W	-7.0	P	U	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-12-16	2018	15	@IND	0-23	L	+3.0	L	U	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-12-09	2018	14	PHI	29-23	W	-3.5	W	O	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-11-29	2018	13	NO	13-10	W	+7.0	W	U	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-11-22	2018	12	WAS	31-23	W	-7.0	W	O	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-11-18	2018	11	@ATL	22-19	W	+3.5	W	U	4	4	0	0	1	1	3	0
2018-11-11	2018	10	@PHI	27-20	W	+7.5	W	O	13	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2018-11-05	2018	9	TEN	14-28	L	-4.5	L	O	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-10-21	2018	7	@WAS	17-20	L	-1.5	L	U	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-10-14	2018	6	JAX	40-7	W	+3.0	W	O	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
2018-10-07	2018	5	@HOU	16-19	L	+3.5	W	U	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-30	2018	4	DET	26-24	W	-2.5	L	O	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-23	2018	3	@SEA	13-24	L	+1.0	L	U	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-16	2018	2	NYG	20-13	W	-3.0	W	U	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-09	2018	1	@CAR	8-16	L	+2.5	L	U	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0