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Eric Hoy has played a position or two for the Clayton Comets. <\/p>\n
\"Quarterback, running back, wide receiver, cornerback,\" he said. \"Also, safety, linebacker and long snapper, and punter.\" <\/p>\n
But it's his current position of quarterback that seemed to catch him by surprise. <\/p>\n
\"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.\" <\/p>\n
Hoy can throw it. He's passed for more than 1,000 yards while adding 700 rushing yards for the Comets. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\"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. <\/p>\n
\"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. <\/p>\n
Even though Hoy is playing quarterback, that hasn't kept him from being on the field on the other side of the ball. <\/p>\n
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