CLAYTON, N.C. -

Eric Hoy has played a position or two for the Clayton Comets.

"Quarterback, running back, wide receiver, cornerback," he said. "Also, safety, linebacker and long snapper, and punter."

But it's his current position of quarterback that seemed to catch him by surprise.

"Coach just asked me, 'Can you throw the ball son?' " Hoy explained. "And I was like, we'll see. So we went outside one day and started throwing and just got the position from there."

Hoy can throw it. He's passed for more than 1,000 yards while adding 700 rushing yards for the Comets.

Last year, Hoy rushed for a 1,000 yards from his running back position. Moving a successful runner to quarterback, though, was an easy decision according to Clayton head coach Randy Pinkowski.

"If you're going to run that style of offense, the quarterback has to be an athlete," Pinkowski explained about the Comets multi-set attack.

"We knew Eric could go back there and be successful basically because he's moved around the field and played a lot of positions well," Pinkowski said.

Even though Hoy is playing quarterback, that hasn't kept him from being on the field on the other side of the ball.

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Clayton's Hoy excels on both sides of the ball