Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 53 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 53 days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks back at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No. 53.
All time players to wear No. 53 for Tennessee:
Boyd Clay (1937-39)
Leonard Simonetti (1940-42)
Mike Paidousis (1944-46)
Gene Burgin (1947)
George Calovich (1951-52)
Tom Priest (1953)
Charles Sholes (1954)
Dave Stottlemyer (1955-57)
J.W. Ditmore (1958-59)
Bert Ackermann (1962-64)
Alex Melas (1965)
Mitch Mutter (1966-67)
Bruce Jackson (1968)
Ben Bass (1969)
Tom Johnson (1970-72)
Andy Trowley (1973)
Joe Mills (1974)
Greg Jones (1975-77)
Mark Rosenbaum (1978-79)
Greg Streno (1981-83)
Chris Coffey (1985)
Mark Jenkins (1986)
Carey Bailey (1988-91)
Mark Graves (1993-94)
Geric Smith (1995)
Toby Champion (1997-2000)
Cory Anderson (2003)
Jerod Mayo (2005)
Adam Myers-White (2006)
Morgan Cox (2007-09)
Jake Storey (2010-11)
J.R. Carr (2012-13)
Justin Thomas (2013)
Colton Jumper (2014-17)
Will Bradshaw (2015)
Dawson Stephens (2019)
Ethan Rinke (2020)
Maurese Smith (2021)
Jeremiah Crawford (2021-23)
Jackson Hannah (2022)
Daevin Hobbs (2023)
*Source: 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide