The head coach of college football’s reigning champions said that a majority of his players have tested positive for COVID-19 at some point since voluntary training for players resumed in June.
During a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Louisiana State University coach Ed Orgeron told reporters that “most” of the players on his team have contracted the disease but that he is hopeful it doesn’t derail the team’s fall season.
“Not all of our players, but most of our players have caught it,” Orgeron told reporters. “I think that, hopefully, they won’t catch it again, and hopefully, they’re not out for games.”
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Orgeron, who pushed for LSU to reopen amid the pandemic, struck a positive tone during the conference and said that he was hopeful that players who have already caught the virus would now have some level of immunity to it.
“Hopefully that once you catch it, you don’t get it again,” he said. “I’m not a doctor. I think they have that 90-day window, so most of the players that have caught it, we do feel like they’ll be eligible for games.”
Orgeron’s statement comes on the heels of the Texas Tech University football team recording 75 positive coronavirus infections since it resumed training. LSU’s season begins at home against Mississippi State on Sept. 26.
