2023 Preseason MaxPreps Top 25: No. 21 American Heritage

No. 21 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Head coach: Mike Smith | Record: 13-2, second season
2022 record: 13-2 | National ranking: No. 12
Last five years: 50-12 | State championships: (5) 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020

Players to watch

QB — Dia Bell
Height: 6-1 | Weight: 185
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Sophomore (2026)

RB — Deandre Desinor
Height: 5-9 | Weight: 170
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Junior (2025)

RB — Byron Louis
Height: 6-0 | Weight: 205
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Junior (2025)

WR — Malachi Toney
Height: 5-10 | Weight: 170
Status: Uncommitted | Class: Sophomore (2026)

OL — Jimmy Williams III
Height: 6-5 | Weight: 290
Status: Committed to Louisville | Class: Senior (2024)

Key dates

Aug. 26 — vs. St. John’s (Washington, D.C.)
Sept. 1 — vs. Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville)
Sept. 15 — vs. No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
Sept. 29 — vs. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
Oct. 6 — at Western (Davie)