Eight days until it is football time in Tennessee

will kick off its 2024 football season in eight 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 eight days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 8.

All time players to wear No. 8 at Tennessee:

Doyle Whitaker (1969-70)

Jim Richardson (1972)

Randy Wallace (1974-76)

David Rudder (1977-79)

Jeff Joslin (1981)

Dick Gentry (1982-83)

Victor Peppers (1986-87)

Andy Kelly (1989-91)

Cliff Dutton (1992)

Jason Amonette (1993)

Mike Grein (1994)

Jeremy Bates (1995)

Chris Hogue (1997)

Joey Mathews (1998-2001)

Gibril Wilson (2002-03)

Lester Ransom (2005)

Jonathan Crompton (2007-09)

Tyler Bray (2011-12)

Marquez North (2013-15)

Dewayne Hendrix (2014)

Justin Martin (2015-17)

Latrell Williams (2016-17)

Jordan Allen (2018)

Ty Chandler (2018-2020)

Jordan Allen (2020)

Bradley Jones (2020-21)

Brandon Turnage (2022-23)

Nico Iamaleava (2023)