Veterans at the Birmingham VA Hospital were brought into the Christmas spirit on Wednesday by players from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt. The teams are in town for the upcoming Birmingham Bowl, the players took off their pads and helmets and replaced them with Santa hats to hand out and gifts and

Several of the players went room to room and listened to each veteran share a unique story about their experience in the military.

Here are five Vanderbilt football players who could play a bigger role in the Birmingham Bowl than they did in the regular season.