Galiano and Camden Catholic did just fine, scoring a 55-6 win against an overmatched Gloucester Catholic team, and while it's premature to make conclusions based on a rout of that proportion, Galiano looked awfully comfortable under center.
In fact, he looked comfortable in a number of his multiple positions. Galiano is also the starting strong safety and punter and holds for field goals.
He passed for two touchdowns, returned a fumble back for another, and was the quintessential field general on both sides of the ball. As a strong safety, he's also the quarterback of the defense and was an all-conference selection there last year.
"He is just a special player," Brooks said of Galiano. "He is so bright and is instinctively a leader, and we wanted a senior with his qualities there."
And it doesn't even matter that Galiano is the smallest player on the team, listed at 5-foot-7 and 181 pounds.
"What I love about Pete is that he is such a competitor," Brooks said. "He is on the level of Jarred Alwan as a competitor.
Whoa.
Alwan, a 6-1, 220-pound junior running back-linebacker, will be among the top recruits from the junior class. Brooks says the sky is the limit for Alwan as far as being recruited.
Galiano, whose size doesn't work in his favor in the recruiting handbook, could have college options in football or baseball, where he is a standout centerfielder.
He's also a member of the National Honor Society, so picking up such a complex position at quarterback has been difficult but manageable.
"I liked taking the challenge and see what I could do with it," Galiano said.
Brooks said that quarterback coach Michael Looney has been a major help in tutoring his new signal-caller and that Galiano has been an impressive pupil.
