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Big expectations for first-year head coach.Head coach: Pat Surtain
2015 record (MaxPreps national rank): 9-2, FHSAA 5A second round (No. 97)
Last decade: 97-27
Star power: OLs
Tedarrell Slaton Jr. (30) and
Kai-leon Herbert (219), CBs
Marco Wilson (204) and Jarques McClellion (860), LB
James Houston IV (960), DT
George Ellis III (1,286), WRs
Dontavius Butler (1,294) and
Laress Nelson (1,624) and G
Robert Hawkins (1,320)
Even more: Cornerback
Patrick Surtain II (40) is one of the nation's top-ranked juniors.
See the American Heritage preseason Top 25 photo shoot galleryGame to watch: American Heritage travels to defending Georgia 6A state champion
Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.), Aug. 27.
Briefly: This is Surtain's first year as head coach. … Before Colquitt County, American Heritage hosts perennial national power
Booker T. Washington (Miami) and after Colquitt County, hosts perennial national and New Jersey power
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) on Sept. 2. … Slaton has 21 offers as of May 11, but it looks like Florida State and Michigan are his top choices.
Look for a full preview of the Patriots on June 22.Photo by Randy Sartin/Graphic by SocialRecluse Graphx