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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2003: Won Round 8 at the Wrangler NFR with an 87-point ride on Powder River Rodeo’s Show Me the Cards; won Rodeo Houston. Finished the year 12th in the world standings with $77,140 Amateur National Little Britches Rodeo Association saddle bronc world champion, 1999; finished second at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Finals, 2002 Personal 5-8, 160 …Wife, Margie (married Oct. 2, 2004); daughter, Darbi; son, Wyatt … Nickname is “Hot Sauce DeMoss.” Got it when he was in college because he used to pour hot sauce on everything he ate in the cafeteria to make it taste better … Hobbies include hunting and fishing … Got interested in rodeo through his dad, Mike, a two-time National High School Finals bareback riding champion … Cody’s first competition was in 1986. He started out roping calves and then competed in team roping until he was a junior in high school, when he switched to saddle bronc riding … His parents are Mike and Vicki; his father works as a road construction engineer. He has one brother, Heith, who is also a top saddle bronc rider and a member of the PRCA

Heith DeMoss

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

13th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

9th

$40,955 $129,568 $1,231,781

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

April 26, 1985, in Crowville, La.

Born:

Heflin, La.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2004

0

9 (2007, 2009-11, 2013-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

3 (2009-10, 2014)

6 (2006, 2010-11, 2014-16)

RNCFR qualification:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo. ★ ★ Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) ★ ★ W on the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Licking (Mo.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo (Mitchell, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo) ★ ★ Won the all-around and saddle bronc riding at the Salmon (Idaho) Stampede PRCA Rodeo Career Highlights

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ ★ 2016: Placed in one round to rank 14th at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 14th in the world standings with $110,987. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo (Davie, Fla.), the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Bismarck, N.D.), the Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club 68th Annual PRCA Rodeo, the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas), the Mid Winter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.), the Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.), the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.), the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo and the PRCA Rose City Round-Up (Tyler,Texas). Co-champion at the Stampede at the Ike (West Monroe, La.) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in four rounds at theWrangler NFR. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Redding (Calif.)Wrangler Champions Challenge, the Spanish Fork (Utah)Wrangler Champions Challenge, Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg), the North Central Championship Rodeo (Medford, Wis.), the Maah Daah Hey Stampede (Grassy Butte, N.D.), the Leesville (La.) Lions Club ProRodeo, the West Monroe (La.) ProRodeo, the Semi-Annual Ralph Morgan Rodeo (Lauderdale, Miss.), the Ringgold (La.) Round-Up, and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho). Co-champion at the RAM Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo (Davie, Fla.), the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Rapid City, S.D.), the Jasper (Texas) Lions Benefit Rodeo and the Crosby (Texas) Fair & Rodeo. Finished 10th in the world standings with $132,085 ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 8 of theWrangler NFR with an 84-point ride onVitalix Hell’s Fire Hostage and placed in five other rounds. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.); the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.); the CentralWyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Casper); the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo

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