NORMAL – Thirty Illinois State football players arrived back on campus this week. About that many more will join their teammates next week.
“It’s exciting,” ISU coach Brock Spack said Friday. “They want to get back to football so bad. Football guys want to get back to football.”
Still, with precautions in place caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Spack is quick to add, “we’re easing into it.”
Redbird players and the coaching staff underwent coronavirus testing Wednesday and will quarantine until results come back. Voluntary workouts begin Monday.
“Now we cross our fingers we get a lot of negatives,” said Spack.