Tennessee unveils new Smokey Grey uniforms with new helmet design for 2024

Tennessee has released its new-look uniforms for the Smokey Grey Series ahead of the 2024 college football season.

The uniforms feature a new helmet design and also have “Tennessee” across the front of the chest.

The 2024 season will mark the first time that the Vols have ever worn “Tennessee” across the chest for a home game. Check out the uniforms below:

Three stars that define us.

Three stars that unite us. pic.twitter.com/DHftdyfUMd

— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) July 13, 2024

The Tennessee Tri-Star state emblem was the inspiration for the uniforms, the University announced in a release.

The uniforms have been tabbed as “The Volunteer State” unis in the Smokey Grey series. Nike and the Vols announced in 2022 that they will be releasing new Smokey Grey uniforms from at least 2023-2025 each year.

Tennessee will sport “The Volunteer State” design during a home game at some point in the 2024 season.

The 2024 Smokey Grey uniforms include a state flag stripe on the helmet, as well as a great smoky mountain pattern on the helmet.

The side of the jerseys have the Tri-Star patch. There is also a Tri-Star State logo on the pants. There are also three stars on the pants, mirroring the flag alignment.

Greg McElroy on Tennessee’s SEC hopes in 2024: ‘Who’s to say they can’t?’

It has been over 25 years since Tennessee partied like it was ’98 as conference and national champions. That celebration could start back up, at least in the league sense, though, in 2024 according to Greg McElroy.

McElroy looked at several conference title droughts during a recent episode of ‘Always College Football’. Of the 10 that he assessed, the Volunteers’ was one of the shorter ones even though it still hasn’t happened yet since the turn of the century.

“Tennessee has not won the SEC since 1998,” McElroy noted. “It has been a quarter century since the Tennessee Volunteers were named the SEC Champions.”

However, this season could very well end that on Rocky Top.

For one, McElroy noted their returners, namely James Pearce, from a defense that finished in the Top-25 after allowing just 20.3 ppg. last season. For two, he also highlighted their offensive pieces, specifically their receiver corps.

Still, to McElroy and others, the difference in all of it is QB Nico Iamaleava. If the redshirt sophomore makes good on any of the hype surrounding him, that could be what takes Tennessee back to that title-level team.

“Maybe this is the year. We’ve talked already about what they have defensively – we know they have an elite edge defender, we know they have a really good contingent of defensive linemen. We know they’re rock solid on offense with their weapons on the perimeter,” McElroy said. “But it’s the quarterback position – Nico Iamaleava. He’s the guy. If he’s as advertised, they could certainly elevate to the top of the Southeastern Conference.”