Five days until it is football time in Tennessee

will kick off its 2024 football season in five 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 five days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 5.

All time players who wore No. 5 at Tennessee:

Gary Balbuena (1972-74)

Gary Roach (1974-76)

Jeff Olszewski (1978-81)

Xavier Cook (1983-84)

Thomas Woods (1986-89)

Roderick Lewis (1990-92)

Eric Lane (1993-96)

Craig Sanford (1997)

Burney Veazey (1998-2000)

Chris Hightower (2000)

Mitchell Walker (2001)

Kevin Simon (2002-04)

Drew Tardy (2006)

Rico McCoy (2006-09)

Ted Meline (2010)

Matt Darr (2011)

George Bullock (2012-14)

Ryan Jenkins (2013-14)

Ralph David Abernathy IV (2015)

Kyle Phillips (2015-18)

Josh Palmer (2017, 2019-20)

Kenneth George Jr. (2020-21)

Hendon Hooker (2021-22)

Kamal Hadden (2022-23)

*Source: 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide