Juan Thornhill is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Thornhill in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Thornhill's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Juan Thornhill

Top 29% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2022

Height6'0"

Weight205 lb

BornOct 19, 1995

Age30

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 2, Pick 63 · KC

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 60 · #1829 · Above Average

Worth 60 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15

Avg surplus

peak +22

4 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 60

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	—	KC	16	—	54	38	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	5	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	996	90.6%	48	16.3%	28	13	0.5	43.0	12.1	1	1	0	12	14	0.2
2020	—	KC	15	—	41	33	8	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	762	70.3%	73	38.4%	31	20	0.6	102.8	12.8	1	0	1	10	7	0.1
2021	—	KC	15	—	63	42	21	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	852	77.3%	47	30.0%	25	17	0.7	108.6	12.8	2	1	1	10	4	0.1
2022	—	KC	16	—	66	38	28	4	2	1.0	7.0	3	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,044	95.3%	5	4.5%	47	32	0.7	105.6	12.4	2	0	1	4	9	0.1
2023	—	CLE	11	—	46	34	12	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	91.9%	39	16.5%	30	19	0.6	117.1	10.6	2	0	2	4	2	0.0
2024	—	CLE	11	—	47	29	18	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	401	57.6%	20	13.7%	25	16	0.6	141.7	12.6	0	0	0	1	5	0.1
2025	—	PIT	8	—	38	23	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	316	63.4%	67	25.8%	17	15	0.9	137.0	8.9	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
Career		—	92	—	355	237	118	7	7	1.0	15.0	8	25	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	4,979	78.1%	299	20.7%	203	132	—	—	—	8	2	5	43	45	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	24	KC	16	—	54	38	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	5	0	—	1	10.2
2020	25	KC	15	—	41	33	8	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	5.4
2021	26	KC	15	—	63	42	21	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	3	1	1	0	6.2
2022	27	KC	16	—	66	38	28	4	2	1.0	7.0	3	9	0	—	0	8.2
2023	28	CLE	11	—	46	34	12	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	2.7
2024	29	CLE	11	—	47	29	18	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	3	0	—	0	3
2025	30	PIT	8	—	38	23	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2.7
Career			92		355	237	118	7	7	—	—	8	25	1	2	1	38.4

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	24	KC	16	—	—	0.0%	996	90.6%	48	16.3%
2020	25	KC	16	—	—	0.0%	762	70.3%	73	38.4%
2021	26	KC	17	—	—	0.0%	852	77.3%	47	30.0%
2022	27	KC	16	—	—	0.0%	1,044	95.3%	5	4.5%
2023	28	CLE	11	—	—	0.0%	608	91.9%	39	16.5%
2024	29	CLE	11	—	—	0.0%	401	57.6%	20	13.7%
2025	30	PIT	10	—	—	0.0%	316	63.4%	67	25.8%
Career			97		—	—	4,979	—	299	—

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	24	KC	16	—	28	13	0.5	43.0	12.1	1	1	0	12	14	0.2
2020	25	KC	16	—	31	20	0.6	102.8	12.8	1	0	1	10	7	0.1
2021	26	KC	17	—	25	17	0.7	108.6	12.8	2	1	1	10	4	0.1
2022	27	KC	16	—	47	32	0.7	105.6	12.4	2	0	1	4	9	0.1
2023	28	CLE	11	—	30	19	0.6	117.1	10.6	2	0	2	4	2	0.0
2024	29	CLE	11	—	25	16	0.6	141.7	12.6	0	0	0	1	5	0.1
2025	30	PIT	9	—	17	15	0.9	137.0	8.9	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
Career			96		203	132	—	—	—	8	2	5	43	45	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2019bestavg 55elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Interceptions leader4

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:0.984See leaderboard →

Disruption/1000.984Snap share78.1%Def snaps4,979VolatileCV 0.46

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

4.42s

40-Yard

44"

Vertical

141"

Broad Jump

21 reps

Bench

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo18Ast14TFL1Dis1.0PD10

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #63

#55Max ScharpingG #56Mecole HardmanWR #57J.J. Arcega-WhitesideWR #58Trysten HillDT #59Parris CampbellWR #60Nasir AdderleyFS #61Taylor RappSAF #62Andy IsabellaWR #64DK MetcalfWR #65Zach AllenDE #66Diontae JohnsonWR #68Jachai PoliteLB #69Josh OliverTE #70Darrell HendersonRB #71Dre'Mont JonesDE #72Germaine PrattLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Juan inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DB room from Tyrann Mathieu (2019–2021), and handed it to Rashad Fenton (2019–2022).

Charles Mincy 1992–1994Dale Carter 1992–1998James Hasty 1995–2000Jerome Woods 1996–2005Mark McMillian 1997–1998Eric Warfield

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined PIT (from CLE)
2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2023team change
Joined CLE (from KC)
2019draft
Drafted by KC — Round 2, Pick 63

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 205 lb

Frame

205 lb at 4.42s

Size-speed

44" vert / 141" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CLE	1	W7Questionable· CalfW13Out· CalfW14Questionable· Calf
2023	CLE	4	W1Questionable· CalfW2Questionable· CalfW11Out· CalfW12Questionable· CalfW15Out· CalfW16Out· CalfW17Questionable· CalfW18Out· CalfW19Questionable· Calf
2022	KC	0	W12Questionable· Calf

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 65

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2019

C+2020

C+2021

B+2022

C2023

C2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

83%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2019	3	0.2	3	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	0	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

60 career value over replacement — #1829 all-time of 4,642. 8.6/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #63 (Rd 2) · KC · 2019 · +13.1 vs expected KV-H

60actual

46.9 expected · Δ+13.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #63

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography