Juan Thornhill made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 40-26 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. He ended the game with eight combined tackles.
Thornhill was introduced as the first-team free safety following the game. In the 31-24 defeat to the Houston Texans in Week 6, Deshaun Watson’s pass was intercepted by Thornhill.
In week 13’s game against the Oakland Raiders, Thornhill intercepted a pass from Derek Carr and returned it 46 yards for a score, giving his side a 40-9 victory.
He finished the season with an amazing first season with three interceptions and 42 tackles.
Thornhill began each of the 16 regular-season contests until tearing his left ACL on December 29, 2019, against the Los Angeles Chargers.
He had to miss the postseason as a result. Even without Thornhill, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV.
At the start of training camp on July 31, 2020, he was added to the active/physically unable to perform list. He was removed from the waiting list on August 19, 2020.
Juan Thornhill Nationality And Ethnicity
Juan Thornhill is an American. His ethnicity is not known at the moment.
