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Kansas football confirms first case of COVID-19 since returning to campus

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A Kansas football player has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time since the beginning of voluntary workouts.

On Saturday, one Kansas football player tested positive for COVID-19, while another tested positive for the antibodies. Having a Kansas player test positive for COVID-19 was a question of “when,” not “if,” and now that it’s happened, it’ll be interesting to see what happens next for the program as a whole.

Obviously, the athlete who tested positive is being cared for by professionals and quarantined, but the Jayhawks football team could be on their way to a situation similar to that of which Kansas State is dealing with just down the road.