Exhibit 5


                                                    May 16, 2002


Covenant Transport, Inc.
400 Birmingham Highway
Chattanooga, TN  37419

         Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Scudder  Law Firm,  P.C.,  L.L.O.  has served as legal  counsel to Covenant
Transport,  Inc., a Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),  in the preparation and
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement
relates to the registration of shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par
value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), which are to be offered under the Company's
Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"). It is our opinion that:

     1.   The Company is a validly organized and existing  corporation under the
          laws of the State of Nevada.

     2.   All  necessary  corporate  action has been duly taken to authorize the
          establishment  of the Plan, the issuance of Shares under the Plan, and
          the registration of the Shares covered by the  Registration  Statement
          under the Securities Act of 1933.

     3.   Any Shares issued and paid for under the Plan will be legally  issued,
          fully paid and  non-assessable  shares of the Class A common  stock of
          the Company.

     We hereby  consent to the filing of this  opinion with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement.


                                Very truly yours,

                                                  SCUDDER LAW FIRM, P.C., L.L.O.


                                             By:  /s/ Mark A. Scudder
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                                                  Mark A. Scudder