Leighton Vander Esch

6'4", 256 lbs • Cowboys • LB •
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TKL

296

SCK

3.5

FF

3

INT

3

Career

Overview Stats Game Log Splits Bio

Overall

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
Career 71 296 173 469 13 3.5 13 3 63 21 0 28 3 1

Location

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
Home 35 162 91 253 6 1.5 6 0 0 0 2 1
Road 36 134 82 216 7 2.0 7 3 63 21 0 28 1 0

Result

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
Wins 43 175 100 275 7 2.5 12 3 63 21 0 28 2 1
Losses 28 121 73 194 6 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Month

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
January 2 11 5 16 0 0.0 1 1 7 7 0 7 0 0
September 18 76 30 106 4 2.5 3 0 0 0 1 0
October 19 82 54 136 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 1
November 18 81 50 131 4 1.0 7 2 56 28 0 28 1 0
December 14 46 34 80 1 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Conference

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
AFC 20 80 55 135 5 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 1
NFC 51 216 118 334 8 1.5 9 3 63 21 0 28 3 0

Division

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
AFC East 5 13 17 30 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1
AFC North 4 13 12 25 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
AFC South 7 40 16 56 1 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
AFC West 4 14 10 24 3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NFC East 23 97 47 144 5 1.5 5 2 35 17.5 0 28 2 0
NFC North 10 43 33 76 1 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
NFC South 10 47 20 67 0 0.0 3 1 28 28 0 28 0 0
NFC West 8 29 18 47 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Opponent

GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG FF FR TD
ARI ARI
3 11 5 16 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL ATL
2 6 5 11 0 0.0 3 1 28 28 0 28 0 0
BAL BAL
1 3 2 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAR CAR
2 6 2 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHI CHI
1 4 4 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CIN CIN
2 7 7 14 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DEN DEN
1 7 5 12 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET DET
3 17 4 21 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
GB GB
2 8 8 16 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU HOU
2 20 8 28 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IND IND
2 8 1 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAX JAX
2 6 4 10 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
KC KC
1 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAC LAC
1 4 3 7 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAR LAR
2 5 3 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LV LV
1 2 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIA MIA
1 2 4 6 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MIN MIN
4 14 17 31 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NE NE
2 6 4 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NO NO
3 16 6 22 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYG NYG
8 34 17 51 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 1 0
NYJ NYJ
2 5 9 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI PHI
7 29 12 41 3 1.0 2 2 35 17.5 0 28 1 0
PIT PIT
1 3 3 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA SEA
1 8 2 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SF SF
2 5 8 13 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TB TB
3 19 7 26 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEN TEN
1 6 3 9 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
WAS WAS
8 34 18 52 1 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0

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1
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Packers Packers
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49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
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1
Cowboys Cowboys
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2
Eagles Eagles
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NFC South W L T PCT
1
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2
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NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
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SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
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DET DET
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Sat
1/20
KC KC
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BUF BUF
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM