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Cowboys Legend Michael Irvin: I Went Through '3 Weeks of Hell' with COVID-19

Dallas Cowboys icon Michael Irvin revealed he contracted the coronavirus in late June during a Friday appearance on the Rich Eisen Show.

Irvin, 54, caught the host off guard with his announcement before going into detail about his ordeal. Tests Irvin took originally came back negative but the symptoms kept getting worse according to the former receiver:

Rich Eisen Show

We had no idea that @michaelirvin88 contracted COVID-19 earlier this summer and The Playmaker told us what he went through having the virus: https://t.co/vPyDtAGzO8

“I didn’t know I had it, and then I got real sick.