From the media standpoint, you might be right....Critical, rational thinking is hard to find today in the media. It is possible that an ncaa athlete dies of Covid, but far far far more have already died over the summer from drowning, shootings, cancer, cars, etc....That said, CNN will gas-light one US covid death of an athlete if it happens....


The CDC measures 15-24, thus the approximation:
https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku/data

Population EST: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the-us-by-sex-and-age/