Leighton Vander Esch

LB

Height

6'4.5"

Weight

256lbs

'18 Draft Age

22.21yrs

Boise State

Cowboys

Rd 1 Pick 19

Ovr 19

NFL COMBINE

40 Yd Yard

4.65

10 Yd Yard

1.52

Bench Reps

20

VerticalVert

39.5"

Broad Jump

124"

3 Cone

6.88

Shuttle

4.15

Arm

33.875"

Hand

9.75"

Totals Per Game

STATISTICS

			Tackles					Pass DEF			Fumbles
Year		G	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sack	PD	INT	TD	FF	FR	TD
2015		12	201.7	141.2	60.5	1.00.08	00	10.08	00	00	00	10.08	00
2016		6	274.5	233.8	40.7	4.00.67	1.00.17	00	10.17	00	00	00	00
2017		14	14110.1	916.5	503.6	9.00.64	4.00.29	40.29	30.21	00	40.29	00	00
All		32	1885.9	1284.0	601.9	140.44	5.00.16	50.16	40.12	00	40.12	10.03	00

2015'15

2016'16

2017'17

GAME LOG | 2017 | BOISE STATE

DATE	OPPONENT	COMB	SOLO	AST	TFL	SACK	PD	INT	TD
Sep 2 9/2	Troy W	7	6	1	1	1.0	0	0	0
Sep 9 9/9	Washington State L	16	10	6	2	2.0	0	0	0
Sep 14 9/14	New Mexico W	13	7	6	0	0	1	1	0
Sep 22 9/22	Virginia L	10	6	4	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 6 10/6	BYU W	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
Oct 14 10/14	San Diego State W	11	9	2	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 21 10/21	Wyoming W	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 28 10/28	Utah State W	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 4 11/4	Nevada W	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 11 11/11	Colorado State W	13	7	6	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 18 11/18	Air Force W	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 25 11/25	Fresno State L	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 2 12/2	Fresno State W	16	10	6	0	0	1	1	0
BOWL
Dec 16 12/16	Oregon W	12	10	2	3	1.0	0	0	0

Determining the NFL Draft Order

1

Non-playoff teams get picks 1-18 -- the team with the worst record picks first overall

2

Teams eliminated in the Wild Card round get picks 19-24

3

Teams eliminated in the Divisional round get picks 25-28

4

Teams eliminated in the Conference Championships get picks 29-30

5

Super Bowl loser gets pick 31

6

Super Bowl winner gets pick 32

7

Tiebreakers: strength of schedule, division tiebreakers, conference tiebreakers, interconference tiebreakers, coin toss

8

This order applies to all seven rounds of the draft with tied teams cycling positions from round to round

9

Weeks before the draft, up to a total of 32 compensatory picks are awarded to teams that lost significant free agents -- these picks are made after rounds 3-7

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