James Conner is the latest Steelers player to test positive for COVID-19. Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Steelers RB James Conner reportedly tests positive for COVID-19

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 11/28/20

Pro Football Talk reported Saturday that the Pittsburgh Steelers were "bracing" for additional positive COVID-19 tests. Apparently, it was right to do so.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, another Steelers player and coach tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday.

More positives in Pittsburgh: One coach and one player tested positive with multiple contacts in Pittsburgh, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 28, 2020

Aditi Kinkhabwala of NFL Network reported that James Conner is the Steelers player in question.

James Conner is the #Steelers player who tested positive for #COVID, multiple sources tell me. He is awaiting a second test tomorrow to confirm these results. Contact tracing continues. And as w/ every positive case in the #NFL and country... here’s to recoveries and good health.
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) November 28, 2020

A cancer survivor, Conner is considered "high-risk." He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in December 2015. This season, Conner has 145 rushes for 645 yards and five touchdowns.

The news comes after Pittsburgh placed three players on the reserve/COVID list on Friday.

Pittsburgh's prime-time Thanksgiving matchup against the Baltimore Ravens was moved to Thursday because John Harbaugh's side is in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak. Steelers players were initially ticked off that the game had to be moved because "other players can't follow coronavirus protocols," but now Pittsburgh is under fire for the same thing.

If both teams continue to return positive tests throughout the weekend, they might not even play on Tuesday.

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