TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State starting defensive tackle Nile Lawrence-Stample suffered a torn pectoral in the 23-17 overtime win against Clemson and will miss the remainder of the season, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said Tuesday.

Nile Lawrence-Stample will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn pectoral muscle. Don Juan Moore/Getty Images

"We found out [Monday] he'll be out for the year. It's the tendon down in there and you can't chance that, can't rehab that," Fisher said. "It's a shame because to battle back and get healthy like he did and play a heck of a football game [and] he'll have surgery now."

Lawrence-Stample, a redshirt junior, was already hobbled from a knee injury suffered in the first half of the game against The Citadel on Sept. 6, and missed the second half of spring practice after undergoing shoulder surgery. He tore his pectoral Saturday against Clemson, but played the remainder of the game.

Fisher said it is rare for a player to be able to play through that injury but credited Lawrence-Stample's adrenaline as the reason he was able to avoid coming off the field.

"Nile's a tough son of a gun," Fisher said. "Off the knee [injury] and to do that, I have a lot of respect for what he was doing big time."

Derrick Mitchell Jr., also a redshirt junior, will start opposite Eddie Goldman at defensive tackle Saturday against NC State. Desmond Hollin, Giorgio Newberry and freshmen Demarcus Christmas and Derrick Nnadi will rotate at the position. Nnadi, a 6-foot-2, 303-pound true freshman, has impressed the coaches since arriving on campus this summer.

"We feel comfortable with where we're at there," Fisher said. "It's why we got a bunch of [defensive tackle recruits in February]."

Mario Edwards Jr. and Mario Pender suffered concussions Saturday, and Fisher is optimistic they will play this weekend.