Tuesday afternoon, former Boise State Bronco and current Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch announced his medical retirement from football. Vander Esch was the #19 overall selection ...

Leighton Vander Esch is calling it a career. The Idaho native and former Boise State star is retiring from the NFL after six seasons — all spent with the Dallas Cowboys — the Cowboys announced ...

Former Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch will miss the rest of the NFL season with a neck injury, and his career may be in jeopardy, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said during a radio ...

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton ... Leighton Vander Esch. Baby Giraffe. He said he got the nickname from being “super skinny and tall” during his first couple of years at Boise State.

The Last First-Round Bronco: Leighton Vander Esch (2018) The last Boise State first-round pick was in 2018. It was when linebacker Leighton Vander Esch was taken 19th overall by the Dallas Cowboys.

Leighton Vander Esch becomes the fifth first-round NFL Draft pick in Boise State history when he’s selected No. 19 overall by the Dallas Cowboys. The story was an incredible one—a guy who ...

The former Cowboys linebacker was a walk-on at Boise State and eventually became Dallas’ first-round pick in the 2018 draft. Over his six seasons, Leighton Vander Esch made 469 tackles ...

Former Cowboys All-Pro linebacker Leighton Vander Esch announced he has medically ... in his rookie year after a successful career at Boise State, where he also dealt with neck issues.

Leighton Vander Esch makes a living hitting running backs head on so a fuzzy bear in the Idaho mountains probably doesn’t freak him out like the rest of us. The former Boise State and current ...

FRISCO, Texas -- Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is retiring after dealing ... River High School before starring at Boise State. He and his wife, Maddy, had their first ...