A report on Monday indicated that Boise State LB Leighton Vander Esch would drop in the 2018 NFL draft, partially because of medical reasons, but information provided to Pro Football Weekly appears to contradict a lot of what was written in the vague writeup.
The report at Walterfootball.com indicated that Vander Esch — a possible first-round linebacker following a breakout 2017 season — had been removed from at least one team's board for medical reasons, and it added that four other teams believed he was a second-round talent.
The WF report doesn't specifically mention which injury concerned teams most, as the 6-foot-4, 256-pound Vander Esch did suffer multiple injuries in his career at Boise State.