As first reported by our Jimmy Hyams, UT football has paused team activities.
BREAKING NEWS: The Tennessee football program has been shut down due to positive COVID tests and contact tracing. It was shuttered this morning and is set to reopen Monday, if no further outbreak. That includes players and coaches.
— Jimmy Hyams (@JimmyHyams) March 17, 2021
Tennessee’s spring practice is set to start March 23, unless there is a further outbreak. The offensive linemen were shut down last week due to testing and contract tracing and forced to work out as a group at 6 a.m. for a week as they were quarantined.
— Jimmy Hyams (@JimmyHyams) March 17, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee football program has temporarily paused all team activities out of an abundance of caution after its recent rounds of COVID-19 surveillance testing revealed multiple positive tests among staff members and student-athletes.
Upon learning of the positive results, the staff members and student-athletes immediately self-isolated and are taking the appropriate safety measures in accordance with university, CDC and local health department guidelines.
-UT Athletics
