Arizona Wildcats offensive lineman Edgar Burrola has been suspended from the team for violating the athletic department’s COVID-19 protocols.
Burrola, a redshirt junior from Las Vegas who started six games at right tackle last season, remained on the roster with a reduced scholarship as of Tuesday afternoon.
Burrola’s resistance to following safety protocols, which include face coverings and physical distancing during on-campus workouts, led to concern within the program that Arizona could become another Michigan State or Rutgers — schools that shut down workouts because of coronavirus outbreaks. UA football players have continued to train, although the university stopped adding student-athletes to the reentry program because of a surge in cases in Pima County and throughout the state.