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Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 27 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 27 days remaining until the start of the 2024 football season, Vols Wire looks back at Tennessee student-athletes who wore No.27.

All time players to wear No. 27 at Tennessee:

Sam Levene (1937)

Warren Vick (1940-41)

Bill Nichols (1945)

Jack Armstrong (1946-48)

Hank Luricella (1949-51)

Dave Griffith (1953)

Jack Beutel (1954-55)

David Emory (1957)

Gene Gann (1958-59, 1961)

Sam Robertson (1962-63)

Mike Price (1965-68)

Jon Murdic (1973-74)

Gary Hardeman (1975-76)

Greg Gaines (1977-80)

Rick Wilkinson (1982-83)

Eric Swanson (1984-85)

Dirk Borgognone (1987)

Greg Burke (1989-90)

Jim Gilliam (1991)

Kendrick Jones (1992-94)

Travis Cozart (1995)

Al Wilson (1996-98)

Troy Fleming (2000-03)

Ben Greene (2004)

Arian Foster (2005-08)

David Oku (2009-10)

Nick Branum (2009-10)

Jacob Carter (2011)

Justin Coleman (2011-14)

Tommy Townsend (2015)

carlin Fils-aime (2016-19)

Eric Crosby (2017)

Baylen Buchanan (2019)

Quavaris Couch (2020)

Len’Neath Whitehead (2021)

James Pearce Jr. (2022-23)

Emmanuel Okoye (2023)

*Source 2023 Tennessee Football Media Guide

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