Report -- Chase Wolf, backup for Wisconsin Badgers QB Graham Mertz, also tests positive for COVID-19 - ESPN

In his first career start, Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz completes 20 of 21 passes for 248 yards and five touchdowns as the Badgers take down the Illini 45-7.

9 Wisconsin might be down to its fourth-string quarterback after Chase Wolf tested positive for COVID-19, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday night.

The Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin State Journal both reported Sunday that Graham Mertz, who started the season opener Friday, tested positive over the weekend.

Wisconsin was awaiting the result of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to confirm Mertz's result or rule it a false positive.

Wolf also will take a PCR test to confirm a positive result from the antigen test.

The statement noted that no player who participated in Friday's game tested positive before the game or reported any symptoms.

Individuals who receive a presumptive positive antigen test result are removed from team activities and are required to take a PCR test to confirm positivity.".