Anthony Hill | NFL
Anthony Hill | NFL
Updated: Friday, 02 Oct 2009, 3:31 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 02 Oct 2009, 12:35 PM CDT
Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak said Friday rookie tightend Anthony Hill is suffering from swine flu and has been hospitalized.
He also said the team believes it is an isolated case.
"Anthony Hill, who has been sick, initially we thought he had pneumonia." Kubiak said. "It has been confirmed he has a case of the swine flu. "So we have one confirmed case of swine flu on our team.
"He is doing much better (Friday). We had a few guys feeling ill (Thursday), but they all came back (Friday) doing just fine.
Kubiak said the team is taking all of the necessary precautions to make sure this doesn't because a team-wide issue.
"There's no panic at all," Kubiak said. "We handled it well as an organization.
Kubiak also said there's a chance Hill will get out of the hospital later Friday.
For updates to this story, visit: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/nfl/091002_texans_hill_released_hospital
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