Highland High graduate Tristen Hoge is transferring from Notre Dame to BYU, the Cougars announced Monday. The offensive lineman will have three years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2017 season per NCAA rules.

Hoge — who committed to Notre Dame as a junior — played in six games in 2016 for the Fighting Irish, who went 4-8 and did not play in a bowl game for the first time since 2009. Hoge did not start in any of his appearances after redshirting his first year on campus.

In 2015, Hoge was one of 10 scholarship freshmen who spent the season on the scout team and did not see the field. He was selected as the offensive scout team player of the year that same season.

Hoge was named the Idaho Gatorade Football Player of the Year in 2013 as a junior at Highland. Hoge earned the honor for the second consecutive season as a senior while leading the Rams to a 12-0 record and 5A state championship. He was also named the All-Idaho 5A Player of the Year.

Hoge started 47 consecutive games at center for Highland, from first game of his freshman season through the team’s 2015’s state title victory. During that span, the Rams went 41-6.

The offensive lineman, who had scholarship offers from 18 universities, was the No. 48 player and No. 2 offensive guard in the class of 2014 on the Scout 300 list.

Hoge is the cousin of current BYU quarterback Beau Hoge. Tristen is also the nephew of Pocatello native Merril Hoge, a former running back with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears.