Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 45 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 45 days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks back at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 45.
The number is retired in honor of tailback Johnny Majors, who played for coaches Harvey Robinson and Bowden Wyatt in Knoxville. The number was officially retired in 2012 and was removed from circulation after 2014.
Majors played for the Vols from 1954-56.
He was a unanimous All-America Selection and a runner-up for the Heisman Memorial Trophy in 1956.
All time players to wear No. 45 at Tennessee
Jack Whitehead (1939)
Joe Newman (1941)
Arthur Brandau (1942)
Russ Dobelstein (1944-45)
Ronald Schuler (1946)
Ray Elkas (1948-49)
Edwin Morgan (1950-52)
Roger Urbano (1953)
Johnny Majors (1954-1956)
George Canale (1960-62)
Jackie Cotton (1963)
Ron Jarvis (1964-67)
Marty Shuford (1969)
Steve Poole (1973-75)
Carlton Gunn (1979)
Carl Zander (1982-84)
Darrin Miller (1986-87)
Shon Walker (1988-91)
Nick Jester (1993-96)
Jonathan Sweet (1998)
Will Bartholomew (1998-2001)
William Revill (2002-03)
Cory Anderson (2005-06)
Kevin Cooper (2008-10)
A.J. Johnson (2011-14)
Austin Bolen (2011-13)
Joe Stubbs (2014)
*Source: 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide