BATON ROUGE, La. — For LSU, position drama hasn’t been a huge factor in August camp.

This is a team that returns 16 starters from last year’s 9-3 team, and many of the other positions have new starters who have slid nicely into their new roles without much doubt.

Still, there were enough challenges that resulted in the Tigers having a true freshman slated to start, while a few other positions have been in doubt.

Where will this freshman start? Who else will be a new starter? Check below to see who will play at the positions with the most competition and what that means to the Tigers, per LSU’s first depth chart released Monday:

Offensive tackle

Starters: LT K.J. Malone, RT Toby Weathersby. Off the bench: Maea Teuhema.

Outlook: At a position where LSU lost both starters from last season, Teuhema, a starter at guard last year, entered August as the projected starter at left tackle. But an ankle injury hampered him early in camp, and Malone latched on to the starting job and has not let go. It looks like Teuhema may swing between both tackle spots as the Tigers’ third tackle, while Toby Weathersby remains the choice as the starting right tackle. It bodes well for the position that Teuhema seems to have lost the starting job more based on the merits of the starters than his injury.

Les Miles on the position: “Maea is extremely healthy and ready to roll. He’s not limited in any way. It ensures we will have quality tackles.”

Third receiver

Starter: D.J. Chark. Off the bench: Jazz Ferguson.

Outlook: It’s clear that Malachi Dupre and Travin Dural are LSU’s top two wide receivers, but Brandon Harris gave a hint of who the third receiver might be when he spoke glowingly of the August that Chark is having. Ferguson was the No. 3 receiver at the end of spring and figures to have a role as the No. 4 receiver. LSU’s depth chart does not include the third receiver, but this is a position that basically plays close to starter-level snaps.

Nose tackle

Starter: Greg Gilmore. Off the bench: Travonte Valentine.

Outlook: Both figure to play significant snaps. Valentine is the bigger, more talented of the two, but he arrived mid-camp after gaining academic eligibility late following a transfer from junior college and may not be in good enough shape to take on double teams for four quarters. Gilmore, a junior, gives the Tigers know-how and experience but probably isn’t big enough to take the constant pounding of double teams for four quarters. Regardless of who starts, the other should see significant snaps.

Les Miles on Gilmore: “Sometimes, it takes a guy some time to get to a starting spot. Sometimes, it takes a guy longer to get to the starting job, and he cherishes it more.”

Outside linebacker

Starter: Michael Divinity. Off the bench: Ray Thornton, Tashawn Bower.

Outlook: Here’s where a true freshman will get to start. Divinity slides into a spot that came open when Corey Thompson was lost for perhaps the first half of the season to a leg injury. Bower had been listed as the replacement, but it makes sense that Divinity, a true linebacker, would get the nod. Bower is slated to back up Arden Key at the other linebacker spot. Both are converted defensive ends. Divinity’s backup is another true freshman, Ray Thornton.

Les Miles on Divinity: “Michael Divinity is a big, strong, naturally gifted athlete that can flat-out run. He has learned his assignments very well.”

Kicker

Starter: Colby Delahoussaye, Cameron Gamble. Off the bench: Connor Culp.

Outlook: Culp is a talented true freshman, but the feeling is for pressure kicks in a season-opening game, LSU will turn to the experience of Delahoussaye, who hit 11-of-15 field goal attempts as a sophomore in 2014 before losing the starting job to now-departed Trent Domingue in 2015. If Delahoussaye struggles, Culp could get early chances. Gamble remains at the top of the depth chart to handle kickoffs.