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.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 23–24 | KC | 16 | — | 54 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 996 | 90.6% | 48 | 11.2% | 28 | 13 | 0.5 | 43.0 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 24–25 | KC | 16 | — | 41 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 762 | 70.3% | 73 | 16.8% | 31 | 20 | 0.6 | 102.8 | 12.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 25–26 | KC | 17 | — | 63 | 42 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 852 | 77.3% | 47 | 10.6% | 25 | 17 | 0.7 | 108.6 | 12.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26–27 | KC | 16 | — | 66 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,044 | 95.3% | 5 | 1.1% | 47 | 32 | 0.7 | 105.6 | 12.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 27–28 | CLE | 11 | — | 46 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 608 | 91.9% | 39 | 12.0% | 30 | 19 | 0.6 | 117.1 | 10.6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 28–29 | CLE | 11 | — | 47 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 401 | 57.6% | 20 | 7.5% | 25 | 16 | 0.6 | 141.7 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 29–30 | JAX / PIT | 10 | — | 38 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 316 | — | 67 | — | 17 | 15 | 0.9 | 137.0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 97 | — | 355 | 237 | 118 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 4,979 | 77.3% | 299 | 11.5% | 203 | 132 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 45 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
60 career value over replacement — #1870 all-time of 4,695. 8.6/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #63 (Rd 2) · KC · 2019 · +13.9 vs expected KV-H
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