A few days after the New Jersey Health Commissioner announced that 15 Rutgers football players had tested positive for COVID-19, the outbreak within the program has grown. On Monday night, Keith Sargeant of NJ Advance Media reported that there are now COVID-19 cases among 28 players, as well as with multiple staff members. Although the article is subscriber exclusive, his initial report was picked up by national football writers.
A week after Rutgers quarantined entire football team, there are now 28 positive COVID cases among players plus multiple staff members, @KSargeantNJ reports
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 4, 2020
On July 25, The program announced they had stopped workouts and quarantined the entire team due to six players testing positive for COVID-19.