leighton vander esch rookie season stats

Leighton Vander Esch had 102 solo tackles, 38 assists and 2 interceptions in 16 games in his rookie season in 2018. He was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl.

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		NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1		Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	2018	DAL	16	102	38	140	0.0	0	2	56	0	0	0	0

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	12/30/2018	2018	DAL	@	NYG	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	12/23/2018	2018	DAL	vs	TB	11	4	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	12/16/2018	2018	DAL	@	IND	7	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	12/9/2018	2018	DAL	vs	PHI	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	11/29/2018	2018	DAL	vs	NO	6	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	11/22/2018	2018	DAL	vs	WAS	6	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	11/18/2018	2018	DAL	@	ATL	4	4	8	0	1	28	0	0	0	0
8	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	11/11/2018	2018	DAL	@	PHI	13	0	13	0	1	28	0	0	0	0
9	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	11/5/2018	2018	DAL	vs	TEN	6	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	10/21/2018	2018	DAL	@	WAS	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	10/14/2018	2018	DAL	vs	JAX	6	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	10/7/2018	2018	DAL	@	HOU	11	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	9/30/2018	2018	DAL	vs	DET	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	9/23/2018	2018	DAL	@	SEA	8	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	9/16/2018	2018	DAL	vs	NYG	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Leighton Vander Esch L. Vander Esch	9/9/2018	2018	DAL	@	CAR	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Average						6.4	2.4	8.8	0.0	0.1	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Total						102	38	140	0	2	56	0	0	0	0

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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