He entered the league in the 2014 NFL season and was promoted in 2018 from back judge to referee, following the retirement of his father, longtime referee Ed Hochuli, and another veteran official, Jeff Triplette.
[6] On August 13, 2011, he was head referee for ArenaBowl XXIV between the Jacksonville Sharks and Arizona Rattlers.
During the 2022 NFC Divisional playoff game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams, he gave Tom Brady the first unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of Brady's career.
[7] On November 10, 2024, Hochuli made a false start penalty announcement in German, during an international contest between the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants in Munich.
[8] During the 2025 NFC Championship Game, he invoked a rarely-used rule whereby the Philadelphia Eagles were nearly awarded a touchdown due to multiple consecutive encroachment penalties from the Washington Commanders.