“Volunteer State”: Tennessee pays tribute to namesake with brand-new Smokey

• J.J. Post, ESPNJul 13, 2024, 06:18 PM ET On one Knoxville Saturday this fall, the popular Tennessee orange at Neyland Stadium will be switched out for gray.Editor’s Picks

The Tennessee Volunteers revealed the 2024 edition of their “Smokey Grey” consistent series over the weekend, with the latest in the line of alternate digs paying homage to the university’s namesake.The next version

in the Smokey Grey Series… pic.twitter.com/tUYvMSo189!.?.!— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football)July 13, 2024 The Volunteer State’s flag is featured plainly on the uniform. Referrals to the flag’s three stars– which represent the 3 Grand Departments of Tennessee– are found

on the shoulder, back of helmet and pants.This will also be the first home uniform in program history to feature the state’s name emblazoned throughout the jersey’s front, as opposed to the traditional” power T “logo.Three stars that specify us.Three stars that unify us.

pic.twitter.com/DHftdyfUMd!.?.!— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football )July 13, 2024 The digs, properly dubbed” Volunteer State,”will mark the third consecutive year Tennessee has rocked a variation of the smokey grey alternates. The Vols are 2-0 in smokey

grey games given that the uniform series returned after a hiatus in 2022, and 5-1 in such games considering that the

initial alternates were released in 2015.