Mitch Hyatt is Clemson’s new starting left tackle. Thanks to Isaiah Battle’s sudden entry into the NFL Supplemental Draft, by way of simple marijuana possession, the true freshman will be the Tigers’ first choice to be the starter at left tackle when they open up fall camp on Aug. 4

“This will create a great opportunity for Mitch as a true freshman,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said in a press release on Thursday. “We liked what we saw from Mitch in the spring, and look forward to seeing his progress in August. We have other young offensive linemen who will also have a new opportunity for playing time.”

Who are those other options at left tackle? And what does it mean for the rest of the offensive line, especially in regards to depth?

As Swinney mentioned, Hyatt (6-6, 270) who enrolled at Clemson in January, now moves up the depth chart, while fellow freshman Jake Fruhmorgen (6-5, 285) becomes the backup left and right tackles. Fruhmorgen did play some at left tackle in the spring, but most of his time was spent on the right side.

Joe Gore (6-5, 290) is still expected to start at right tackle.

Other possible candidates to back up at left and right tackle are Eric Mac Lain (6-4, 305) who has played every position on the offensive line with the exception of center. Maverick Morris (6-4, 295) who came to Clemson has a tackle, can also move outside.

At 6-foot-4, 325 pounds, Taylor Hearn is another possibility to move back outside and help with the depth, though the coaches will like to leave him at guard.

If Hearn, Morris or Mac Lain, move outside to help provide depth at the tackle positions, look for Ryan Norton (6-3, 285) and Justin Falcinelli (6-3, 305) to possibly help out at the guard positions. The two were listed at one and two at center, but one, if not both, can move to any of the guard positions now that Jay Guillermo (6-3, 315) is back on the team.

Guillermo, who was not enrolled in school this past spring, tweeted several times this summer he is back in Clemson and is working out with the team. Guillermo played in eight games last year and started one. An early season injury against S.C. State caused him to miss five games and most of four others.

It seems Clemson might have an answer, at least from a depth standpoint, for Battle’s departure. But the bigger issue is experience. Hyatt is expected to be the first true freshman at Clemson to start on the offensive line since 2004, when Barry Richardson started seven of the Tigers’ 11 games that year.

Battle played in 27 games for the Tigers, 16 as a starter, over the last three years. That includes 11 starts last year. He started four games on Clemson’s top-10 team of 2013 and played in five games as a freshman in 2012.

He came off the bench to play 73 snaps when Gifford Timothy was injured early against LSU in the 2012 Chick-Fil-A Bowl, helping the Tigers to a 25-24 win.