Leighton Vander Esch
Linebacker
Drafted: Round 1 (#19 overall), 2018
Experience: 5 Years
College: Boise State
Year Team Salary Signing Bonus Other Bonus Total Cash
2018 Player Cash Earnings $480,000 $6,696,568 - $7,176,568
2019 Player Cash Earnings $1,018,535 - - $1,070,847
2020 Player Cash Earnings $1,557,071 - - $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 $333,883 $18,078,718
  • Mar 18 2024

    Retired from Professional Football

  • Mar 15 2024

    Released by Dallas (DAL), clearing $2.14M of cap

  • Oct 13 2023

    Fined $18,219 Unnecessary Roughness against San Francisco (SF)

  • Mar 14 2023

    Signed a 2 year $8 million contract with Dallas (DAL)

  • Mar 18 2022

    Signed a 1 year $2 million contract with Dallas (DAL)

  • May 3 2021

    Dallas (DAL) declined a $9.1 million option for 2022

  • May 12 2018

    Signed a 4 year $11.8 million contract with Dallas (DAL)

  • Apr 26 2018

    Drafted by Dallas (DAL): Round 1 (#19 overall)