Leighton Vander Esch

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Cowboys, LB Age: 28-77d Exp: 5 Years
Drafted: Round 1 (#19 overall), 2018 College: Boise State Agent(s): SportStars

 

  • Current Dead Contracts

    Year   Base Salary Signing Bonus Workout Bonus Dead Cap Hit Yearly Cash
    2024 Player contract details by year $1,000,000 $1,250,000 - $2,250,000 $1,000,000($1,000,000)

    Previous Contracts

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    2023-2024

    Leighton Vander Esch signed a 2 year, $8,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $2,500,000 signing bonus, $5,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $4,000,000.
    Contract: 2 yr(s) / $8,000,000
    Signing Bonus $2,500,000
    Average Salary $4,000,000
    Total Guarantees $5,000,000
    Guaranteed at Signing $5,000,000
    Free Agent: 2025 / UFA

    2022-2022

    Leighton Vander Esch signed a 1 year, $2,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $500,000 signing bonus, $1,750,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $2,000,000.
    Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,000,000
    Signing Bonus $500,000
    Average Salary $2,000,000
    Total Guarantees $1,750,000
    Guaranteed at Signing $1,750,000
    Free Agent: 2023 / UFA

    2018-2021Entry Level

    Leighton Vander Esch signed a 4 year, $11,847,781 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $6,696,568 signing bonus, $11,847,781 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $2,961,945.
    Contract: 4 yr(s) / $11,847,781
    Signing Bonus $6,696,568
    Average Salary $2,961,945
    Total Guarantees $11,847,781
    Guaranteed at Signing $11,847,781
    Free Agent: 2022 / UFA

  • Estimated Career Earnings

    Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Earnings
    2018 Player Cash Earnings $480,000 $6,696,568 - - - - - $7,176,568
    2019 Player Cash Earnings $1,018,535 - - - - - $52,312 $1,070,847
    2020 Player Cash Earnings $1,557,071 - - - - - $75,687 $1,632,758
    2021 Player Cash Earnings $2,095,606 - - - - - - $2,095,606
    2022 Player Cash Earnings $1,250,000 $500,000 $205,884 - - - - $1,955,884
    2023 Player Cash Earnings $1,500,000 $2,500,000 - - - - - $4,147,055
    6 seasons $7,901,212 $9,696,568 $205,884 - - - $127,999 $18,078,718
    2024 Player Cash Earnings $1,000,000 - - - - - - $1,000,000
    $8,901,212 $9,696,568 $205,884 - - - $127,999 $19,078,718
    Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Roster Bonus Workout Bonus Restructure Bonus Option Bonus Incentive Total Cash
    6 seasons Player Cash Earnings $7,901,212 $9,696,568 $205,884 - - - $127,999 $18,078,718

  • Fines

    • Player contract details by year 10/13/2023, $18,219

      Unnecessary Roughness against San Francisco (SF)

    • TOTAL: $18,219

  • Transactions

    Mar 18 2024Retired from Professional Football
    Mar 15 2024Released by Dallas (DAL), clearing $2.14M of cap
    Oct 13 2023Fined $18,219 Unnecessary Roughness against San Francisco (SF)
    Mar 14 2023Signed a 2 year $8 million contract with Dallas (DAL)
    Mar 18 2022Signed a 1 year $2 million contract with Dallas (DAL)
    May 3 2021Dallas (DAL) declined a $9.1 million option for 2022
    May 12 2018Signed a 4 year $11.8 million contract with Dallas (DAL)
    Apr 26 2018Drafted by Dallas (DAL): Round 1 (#19 overall)
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    Statistics

    Season Team GA GP GS Snaps Snaps% Sacks Tackles Solo Tackles Ast Tackles FF INT
    2023 DAL 5 5 5 269 26.6 30 17 13
    2022 DAL 14 14 14 746 69.4 1 90 54 36 1
    2021 DAL 17 17 16 663 58.1 1 77 48 29 1
    2020 DAL 10 10 9 459 41.5 1 60 32 28 1
    2019 DAL 9 9 9 528 48.0 0.5 72 43 29 1
    2018 DAL 16 16 11 784 74.7 141 103 38 2
    Totals 71 71 64 3,449 - 4 470 297 173 3 3