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Greg Schiano confirms two Rutgers football players have tested positive for coronavirus

Rutgers football has been on campus for one week and head coach Greg Schiano addressed the media on Monday to discuss the new reality that exists with the global pandemic COVID-19.

After a report from Keith Sargeant on Sunday that cited two Rutgers players had tested positive for the coranavirus, Schiano confirmed it during his media address. He stated one player tested positive before reporting for voluntary workouts last week and stayed home, while a player that did report to campus tested positive on the second round of testing on June 15.

From Sargeant’s article, Schiano said “due to that positive we have three people in our program quarantined, plus the positive, so four people total.