2018 world standings place: 7th
2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 9th
2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $81,218
2018 earnings: $170,880
2018 Highlights
Placed in five Rounds at the Wrangler NFR, including winning Round 9. He finished seventh in the world standings with $170,880 and was ninth in the Wrangler NFR average with an 87.6-second time on nine head.
Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo
Won the Brighton Field Day Festival & Rodeo (Okeechobee, Fla.)
Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
Won the Bridger (Mont.) Summer Series
Won the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo
2017 world standings place: 2nd
2017 WNFR standings place: 6th
2017 WNFR earnings: $100,115
2017 earnings: $263,267
2017 Highlights
Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo
Won the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.)
Won the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede
Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah)
Won the Ram Montana (Great Falls) Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals
Won the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas)
Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, (Rapid City, S.D.)
Co-champion at the Helldorado Days Rodeo (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Tour Finale qualifications: 1 (2014)
RNCFR qualifications: 3 (2011-12, 2016
2016: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR to rank 13th in the average. Finished seventh in the world standings with $145,673. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo
2015: Placed in seven rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won California Rodeo Salinas, the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), the Redding (Calif.) Wrangler Champions Challenge, the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls, Mont.) and the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) and the Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon). Finished fourth in the world standings with $197,933
2014: Tied Kyle Irwin for the win in Round 8 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 3.7 seconds and placed in four additional rounds on his way to finishing second in the average and jumping from 15th place to seventh in the world standings. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.), the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $123,116
2013: Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.) in 3.8 seconds. Co-champion at the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $42,502
• 2012: Won the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls) with a time of 13.5 seconds on three head, the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo, the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.) and the Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo on June 8. Finished 45th in the world standings with $24,488
2011: Won the PRCA Kootenai River Rodeo (Libby, Mont.), the Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo (Glasgow). Reached the finals of the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and was event-leader in money earned with $14,054 (which did not count in his official earnings). Finished 49th in the world standings and first in the rookie standings with $22,007
2010: Won the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede, the Energy Town Pro Rodeo (Gillette, Wyo.), the 50th Belt (Mont.) Rodeo, the Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo (Polson, Mont.) and the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena). National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Big Sky Region Steer Wrestling Champion. Finished first in the Montana Circuit year-end standings while competing on his permit, earning $10,740
Montana high school all-around champion, 2008 and 2009
Education: Montana State University (Bozeman), business marketing
6-5, 240 … Single … Father, Sid, is a vet and a gym teacher, and mother, Janet, is a barrel horse trainer (she competed in barrel racing for Montana State); brother, Josh … Graduated from Capitol High School (Helena, Mont.) in 2009; played center on the basketball team and was named first-team all-state as a senior … Only started bulldogging as a high school junior … Team roped in college with his cousin Ben Ayre … Favorite rodeo is the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede
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