As of 2018, Heritage's Patriots football team has won three out of its last five state championship titles and ended the undefeated 2017 season with a 27-game winning streak. The team has won the Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 5A Football Championships in 2013, 2016, and 2017. The 2018 Patriots included two cornerbacks rated five stars by 247Sports.com, Patrick Surtain II and Tyson Campbell. Together with two other four-star prospects from American Heritage, they were collectively referred to as the "AH4".