The class of wide receivers Clemson signed back in 2011 oozed with NFL potential.

Out of high school, Sammy Watkins was the best of the bunch, and his three-year career in Tigertown certainly didn’t disappoint. The Bills made him a top-five draft pick in 2014.

Martavis Bryant was originally apart of the 2010 class, but a post-grad year at Hargrave pushed him back to the 2011 group. After two seasons of being a deep-ball specialist, he had a break-out junior year. The Steelers used a fourth-round on Bryant last year.

Adam Humphries was pegged by most folks as bait to help reel in [autotag]Charone Peake[/autotag]. His four-year run at [autotag]Clemson[/autotag] resulted in a undrafted free-agent contract from the Buccaneers. Humphries made the 53-man roster and caught two passes in his NFL debut on Sunday.

Peake is expected to join them in the league in 2016.

In the meantime, Tony Elliott hopes to see more games like Saturday’s against Appalachian State, when Peake caught four passes and set career-highs with 86 yards and two touchdowns.

“I think it validates all the work that he’s put in,” Elliott said. “He’s been waiting his turn, whether it be injury or some of the other guys here, and not being able to get on the field and do the things that he wants.

“He’s made some big plays for us. But, I think, coming out and having a dominant game like he did, it does build confidence, and we’re going to need him to play at a high level with a lot of confidence for a lot of snaps throughout the course of the season.”

Entering Sunday’s game at Louisville, Peake has 53 career receptions for 542 yards and seven touchdowns.

Talking tight ends: Stanton Seckinger logged 12 snaps in his 2015 debut against Appalachian State. The redshirt senior missed the season-opener against Wofford because of a knee injury.

“I think Stanton is coming along. He’s moving around pretty well,” Elliott said. “We’re going to have to use all of our tight ends. You’re playing 80 snaps a game. That’s tough for (Jordan)

Leggett to play all 80 plays, and Garrett (Williams) is getting in there, but you’ve got to slowly bring Garrett along, because he has to get involved in the pass-protection, the run-blocking and the pass-routes, so I think Stanton is still that guy that you go to right after Leggett.”

The Tigers’ game plan will feature a few different types of personnel groupings, including one running back and one tight end (11) and one running back and two tight ends (12).

“You’re going to see those guys out on the field,” Elliott said.

Dealing with the noise: For the first time this season, the stadium won’t be quiet when Deshaun Watson and the Clemson offense take the field. Papa John’s Stadium capacity is 55,000.

There will be a few thousand orange-clad folks in the stands, but the rest will be decked out in Louisville black. They’ll do their darnedest to breakdown the line of communication between Watson and the Clemson offensive line.

“Coach changed up the way we practice, so we have music going pretty much all the time, so that forced us to communicate better,” Elliott said. “It’s a challenge, from a coaching standpoint, because we can’t yell as loud as the music is, but it’s been good for our guys. They’ve been practicing like that for the entire camp.

“And we are doing a little bit more of the crowd-type noise, instead of just music playing, to help those guys get ready. So, obviously, we know we’re going into a loud environment. Communication is going to be critical. They’ve done a good job in the games that they’ve had. Hopefully, with what we do this week, they’ll be prepared.”