2007 World standings place: 14th
2007 Wrangler NFR place: 9th
2007 Wrangler NFR earnings: $16,394
2007 earnings: $68,371
Tour Finale qualifications: 2
Summer: 2002
Championship: 2007
DNCFR qualifications: 2 (2007-09)
Education: Northeast Texas Community College (Mount Pleasant, Texas), associate's degree
Professional
2008 Highlights
• Won the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) with Colby Lovell
• Won the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene, Texas), with Wade Clayton
• Co-champion at the Great Plains Stampede Rodeo (Altus, Okla.)
Career Highlights
• 2007 – (Partner Coby Jones) Finished second in Round 7 of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Won the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals (Waco) and the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-up. Finished 14th in the world standings with $68,371
• 2006 – (Partner Coby Jones) Won the team roping titles at Whitey Bob Walker Memorial Rodeo (Ennis, Texas); Harris County Fair & Rodeo (Houston, Texas); Athens (Texas) MDA Pro Rodeo; Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; Annual Bryan (Texas) Breakfast Lions Club PRCA Rodeo and Parker County Frontier Days Pro Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas); finished the year 27th in the world with $32,620. Won the bareback title at the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper).
• 2002 – Qualified for the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Cup Finale, presented by the Texas Stampede (Dallas) (now called the Championship Finale); won the California Rodeo Salinas with Coby Jones; finished 23rd in the world with $34,699.
Personal
6-0, 200….Wife Lori (married 2002); daughter Jordi (born 2003)…Parents are Jerry (a welder) and Peggy (a teacher). He has a younger brother, Jimmy, who also competes in team roping and finished one spot behind him in the 2006 world standings, at 28th and two spots ahead of him in 12th last season…Got involved in rodeo through his family…Trained as a welder...Has partnered with Coby Jones, also of Gatesville, off and on since 2002...Horses he rides in competition are Radar (15) and Easy (14)...Favorite sports team is the Dallas Cowboys and favorite food is Mexican
