Keyontae Johnson has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis — a condition that has been widely feared as a potential consequence of COVID-19 infection — and will sit out the rest of the 2020-21 college basketball season, reports Zach Abolverdi of The Gainesville Sun.
Per Abolverdi, Johnson was diagnosed with the condition in Gainesville early last week:
Following the collapse that left Johnson unresponsive, he was transferred last Monday from Tallahassee Memorial to UF Health in Gainesville, where an MRI on his heart led to a diagnosis of acute myocarditis, according to a source with first-hand knowledge.