The Wisconsin Badgers are a mere days away from opening the 2017. And on Tuesday, they named their captains for the season.

Strength of the pack is the wolf

Strength of the wolf is the pack Proud to have these guys leading the way this year. #OnWisconsin pic.twitter.com/aEcxhEjWkR — Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) August 29, 2017

They named eight total captains. Here are the eight players who earned the right to call themselves captains:

Alec James, DE

Jake Cichy, LB

Michael Deiter, OL

Natrell Jamerson, S

T.J. Edwards, LB

Troy Fumagalli, TE

Conor Sheehy, DE

D’Cota Dixon, S

Wisconsin opens its season on Sept. 1 against the Utah State Aggies at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.