Thornhill-Juan

Juan Thornhill

Safety

#22

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-0

Age: 25

Weight: 205 lbs

College: Virginia

2020 SEASON

  • TCKLS
    33
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    1

SCHEDULE

Table - Summary
WEEK DATE GAME TIME
17 01/03
vs Los Angeles Chargers
3:25 PM CST
2 01/17
vs Cleveland Browns
2:05 PM CST
3 01/24
vs Buffalo Bills
5:40 PM CST
4 02/07
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5:30 PM CST

Biography

  • Third-year safety enters his third NFL season with the Chiefs in 2021. 
  • Logged first-career interception vs. Houston (10/13/19), picking off Deshaun Watson in the end zone. 
  • In 2019, Thornhill became the 16th player in Chiefs history to start all 16 games of their rookie season. He is the first rookie to do so since Kareem Hunt in 2017 and third rookie during Head Coach Andy Reid's tenure (Hunt, 2017 and CB Marcus Peters, 2015). 
  • Selected as the second of two second-round picks by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 NFL Draft.

Honors:

  • Named to the PFWA's All-Rookie Team as a safety following his debut NFL with the Chiefs in 2019.

Transactions:

  • Originally entered the NFL as the second of two second-round picks (63rd overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Juan GONE! Juan Thornhill's first NFL Touchdown is 45-yard Pick-Six

Kansas City Chiefs safety Juan Thornhill makes the interception for a 45-yard touchdown.
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Under the Helmet: Juan Thornhill

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Juan Thornhill: "Whatever we do now it counts, so I'm excited for it"

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Chiefs Reporter BJ Kissel breaks down everything you need to know from Tuesday's practice.
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Juan Thornhill: "Everything was pretty much new to everybody"

Juan Thornhill speaks with the media after the first day of practice at Chiefs Camp.
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Top Training Camp Storylines: Tyrann Mathieu Leads Deep Group at Safety

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Juan Thornhill: "I just go out there and make plays"

Juan Thornhill speaks with the media on Day 1 of Rookie Minicamp
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FaceTime with the Chiefs Second 2019 Draft Pick Juan Thornhill

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Former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Gary Green announces the Chiefs selection of Virginia DB Juan Thornhill No. 63 in Round 2 of the 2019 NFL Draft.

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Recent Games

WK OPP RESULT Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
17 Chargers L 21 - 38 5 4 1 0 0 0
16 Falcons W 17 - 14
15 @Saints W 32 - 29 1 1 0 0 1 0
14 @Dolphins W 33 - 27 3 3 0 0 0 0
13 Broncos W 22 - 16 4 4 0 0 0 0
12 @Buccaneers W 27 - 24 3 3 0 0 0 0
11 @Raiders W 35 - 31 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Panthers W 33 - 31 2 1 1 0 0 0
8 Jets W 35 - 9 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 @Ravens W 34 - 20 6 5 1 0 0 0
7 @Broncos W 43 - 16 2 1 1 0 0 0
2 @Chargers W 23 - 20 4 1 3 0 0 0
6 @Bills W 26 - 17 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Texans W 34 - 20 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Raiders L 32 - 40 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Patriots W 26 - 10 6 6 0 0 1 1 20 20 20 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2019 Kansas City Chiefs 16 16 55 39 16 0 0 5 3 46 15.3 46 1 0
2020 Kansas City Chiefs 16 8 41 33 8 0 3 1 20 20 20 0 0
TOTAL 32 24 96 72 24 0 0 8 4 66 16.5 46 1 0 0
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