Four Rutgers Athletes, Staff Member Test Positive For Coronavirus

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Four student-athletes at Rutgers, and one athletics staff member, have positive for COVID-19, the university confirmed to Patch Thursday.

The four students are members of the men’s lacrosse, gymnastics and wrestling programs.

All the student-athletes and the staff member have been quarantined and Rutgers is doing contact tracing to identify who the students have been in contact with, said a school spokesman.

Even though the Big 10 athletic conference was canceled this fall, and nearly all Rutgers classes are virtual with dorms closed, many Rutgers sports teams are still meeting to practice. Most Rutgers students athletes are living back on campus and practicing.

Rutgers football players, for example, have been back on campus since June 15 and all the players are tested weekly for COVID. At the end of July, a total of ten Rutgers football players had tested positive. They were all quarantined, have since recovered and are back at practice.

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Related: Rutgers Quarantines Football Team As 10 Players Test Positive (July 27)