# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leighton-vander-esch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:44:28.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leighton-vander-esch"
name: "Leighton Vander Esch"
slug: "leighton-vander-esch"
description: "Leighton Vander Esch is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boise State Broncos, and was selected by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. He spent six seasons with the team, earning Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in his rookie season before neck injuries prematurely ended his playing career."
tagline: "American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cowboys_LB_Leighton_Vander_Esch_(50530977611).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1997-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.868909333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VanderEsch38"
    handle:    "VanderEsch38"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.officiallve.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Vander_Esch"
    title: "Leighton Vander Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AD%D1%88%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вандер Эш, Лейтон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47273914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump