Yorktown’s Tyler Galante Voted High School on SI’s Top Defensive Back in New York State

Galante is a senior this season for the Huskers

Senior Tyler Galante is a wide receiver/running back/defensive back for the Yorktown varsity football team this season. | John Meore/The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Tyler Galante, a senior at Yorktown High School, has been voted High School on SI’s top defensive back in New York heading into the 2025 season.

Galante received 87.22% of the votes to take the top spot. Final poll results can be viewed here.

Last season, Galante tallied 29 tackles and three interceptions for the Huskers. On offense, Galante recorded 858 all-purpose yards, 11 receiving touchdowns and two rushing scores.

Yorktown went 6-4 in 2024. The Huskers open their season at home on Friday at 6 p.m. against Niskayuna.

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Published Aug 31, 2025

KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a Rochester (NY) native and a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sportswriter in 2013. Since then, he’s held sportswriter and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport (PA), Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com | Post-Standard, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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