Sunday evening, news broke of an initial positive daily test for COVID-19 of Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz by Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, and today Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports broke the story of a second positive confirmation test for the Wisconsin quarterback.
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The second test was a follow up to the daily antigen test that Mertz initially tested positive from over the weekend, and was a more reliable PCR swab test to confirm the result. The second positive confirmation test will enter Mertz into the Big Ten’s protocol for COVID-19 and he will be out for Wisconsin for at least 21 days. This means Mertz will miss the upcoming games against Nebraska, Purdue, and Michigan.
Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, reported yesterday that backup quarterback Chase Wolf missed practice on Monday because of a positive COVID-19 test as well. This means that third-string quarterback Danny Vanden Boom could now be the starting quarterback for the Badgers, despite being the fourth quarterback on the roster at the beginning of fall camp.
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Wisconsin is not allowed to comment on testing and cases of individual players per Big Ten protocol, but the next few weeks could be very interesting for Wisconsin Football.
Wisconsin qb Graham Mertz has tested positive for COVID a second time (backing up the first positive) and will enter the Big Ten's 21-day protocol, a source told CBS Sports. https://t.co/pLIYcHiqde
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) October 27, 2020