After spending the first two years of his collegiate playing career at a football independent, Tristen Hoge will continue it at another.
BYU announced in a press release Monday evening that Hoge has transferred into the Cougars football program. According to the football program, the offensive lineman will have three years of eligibility, although he’ll have to sit out the 2017 season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules.
Beginning in 2018, he’d then have two years to use those three seasons.
A four-star member of the Fighting Irish’s 2015 recruiting class, Hoge was rated as the No. 1 center in the country; the No. 1 player at any position in the state of Idaho; and the No. 89 player on 247Sports.com’s composite board. Only two player’s in the Golden Domer’s class that year were rated higher.
After taking a redshirt as a true freshman, Hoge, the nephew of ESPN NFL analyst Merrill Hoge and the cousin of former BYU quarterback Beau Hoge, played in six games last season.
