Fourteen Oklahoma Football Players, Two Staff Test Positive for COVID-19

Half the players' positive tests came before the team returned to campus for Wednesday's voluntary offseason workouts; quarantine procedures underway

John E. Hoover | Jul 1, 2020

Oklahoma tested 111 football players for COVID-19 on Monday, and 14 Sooner players have tested positive.

According to data released by the school on Wednesday evening, seven players tested positive before Monday’s tests were administered, and another seven were revealed this week.

Of those, two are labeled as recoveries, giving OU 12 active cases of football players with COVID-19.

The school also administered tests to 72 football coaching and support staff, and returned two positive tests.

No other data was release by the school.

The Sooners returned to voluntary on-campus workouts on Wednesday, and have been phasing student-athletes back to campus over the last two weeks.

Last week, the university announced how it would handle quarantine and testing procedures.

Student-athletes who test positive will be quarantined in an on-campus facility and receive support from OU medical staff, including meals and academic services. Staff members who test positive will isolate at their homes.

Oklahoma COVID-19 Testing Data (July 1)

Total football players tested on Monday, June 29: 111
Total positive test results from Monday, June 29: 7
Number of positives that existed before Monday's testing: 7
Total cases among players: 14
Recoveries: 2
Active cases: 12
Total number of staff tested: 72
Total positive results among staff: 2

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Published Jul 1, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.