28 days until it is football time in Tennessee

will kick off its 2024 football season in 28 days.

The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest.

2024 will be the fourth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and guided the Vols to three bowl games.

The Vols finished 9-4 (4-4 SEC) last season.

With 28 days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks back at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 28.

All time players to wear No. 28 for Tennessee:

Pryor Bacon (1937-39)

James “Jim” Swartzinger (1940-41)

John Martin (1944)

Jack Wade (1945)

Joseph Regina (1946)

Jack Stroud (1947-1959)

Dan Sekanovich (1951-53)

Ford Quillen (1958-59)

Pat Downey (1961-63)

Gary Wright (1965-67)

Wayne Spain (1968-70)

Steve Swafford (1972)

Joe DeFillippo (1974-75)

Steve A. Davis (1976-77)

Anthony Hancock (1979-81)

Victor McDaniel (1983)

Keith Davis (1985-88)

Tavio Henson (1989-92)

Raymond Austin (1994-96)

Myles Atheron (1997)

Dominique Stevenson (1998-99)

Derek Williamson (2000)

Dominique Stevenson (2000-01)

Kendrick Williams (2002)

David Yancey (2004)

Jared Hostetter (2004)

Chris Brown (2005-07)

Tauren Poole (2008-11)

Deion Bonner (2012)

Lemond Johnson (2013-14)

David Priddy (2015)

Will Martinez (2015-16)

Baylen Buchanan (2016-19)

James Christian (2017-19)

Marcus Pierce Jr. (2020)

De’Shawn Rucker (2021-23)

Nigel Lanier (2022)

Patrick Wilk (2023)

*Source 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide