Virginia, 2015–18
Juan Thornhill
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Altavista, VA
- Born
- Oct 19, 1995, in Altavista, Virginia
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Juan Thornhill played at Virginia (2015–18). The Kansas City Chiefs took Thornhill in round 2, No. 63 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14tackles, career highat Virginia Tech, 20182interceptions, career hightwice; last vs. Miami, 2018Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 of 12 | 2 | 2 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Virginia | 21 | Fr. | |||
| 2016 | Virginia | 21 | So. | |||
| 2017 | Virginia | 21 | Jr. | |||
| 2018 | Virginia | 21 | Sr. | 6′0″ | 200 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 Virginia 13 games, 98 tackles, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Richmond | W 42–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | at Indiana | L 16–20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Ohio | W 45–31 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Louisville | W 27–3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at NC State | L 21–35 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Miami | W 16–13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Duke | W 28–14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs. North Carolina | W 31–21 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 13–23 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Liberty | W 45–24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 27–30 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Virginia Tech | L 31–34 | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. South Carolina | W 28–0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 Virginia 12 games, 63 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. William & Mary | W 28–10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Indiana | L 17–34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. UConn | W 38–18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Boise State | W 42–23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Duke | W 28–21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 14 | atNorth Carolina | W 20–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Boston College | L 10–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 40–36 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 11 | atLouisville | L 21–38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | atMiami | L 28–44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 0–10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | at Navy | L 7–49 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Virginia 11 games, 45 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Richmond | L 20–37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Oregon | L 26–44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | atUConn | L 10–13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | atDuke | W 34–20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Pittsburgh | L 31–45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs.North Carolina | L 14–35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Louisville | L 25–32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | at Wake Forest | L 20–27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Miami | L 14–34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atGeorgia Tech | L 17–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atVirginia Tech | L 10–52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 24–34).
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0¼″ | |
| Weight | 205 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 8¾″ | |
| Wingspan | 74¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.42 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 s | |
| Vertical jump | 44″ | |
| Broad jump | 11′9″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.86 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 92 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 55 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 66 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 92 | 357 | 1 | 8 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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