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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) (Phillipsburg) and the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Rancho MissionViejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo and theWrangler Champions Challenge (Rapid City, S.D.). Finished 10th in the world standings with $126,810 ★ ★ 2014: Finished third in Round 7 of his Wrangler NFR debut. Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and the Hinton (Okla.) Crosstie PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days. Finished 13th in the world standings with $89,170 ★ ★ 2013: Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo,Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa) and the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo. Finished fourth in the PRCA Resistol Rookie Bull Riding Standings and 24th in the world standings with $46,282 Personal 5-7, 145 … Single … Father, Todd, is a welder and used to ride bareback horses and team rope at amateur rodeos; mother, Shelly, is a nurse; has three brothers, Connor, Cooper, Destry; sister, Bailee. Got interested in the sport by going to rodeos with his dad and uncle … Rodeo idol is Justin McBride … Hobbies include team roping, deer hunting and bass fishing … Listens to hip hop … Favorite sports team is Florida State University football … Favorite TV show is“Criminal Minds”and favorite movie is“Lonesome Dove”… Used to play basketball, baseball and football in high school, but says wrestling was his best sport growing up. From ages 6-11, he won the Oklahoma Kids Wrestling Association state championship twice and finished second at nationals one year as well …Missed six months of the 2012 season after he broke his pelvis in three places and injured a hamstring muscle

Dakota Eldridge

Steer wrestling, team roping (heading), tie-down roping

Events:

3rd 1st

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

2017 NFR earnings : 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

$164,353 $245,333 $997,884

Aug. 9, 1991, in Elko, Nev.

Born:

Elko, Nev.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

0

5 (2013-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2016)

RNCFR qualifications:

Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton, Ore.), associate of science degree

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the all-around and steer wrestling at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the all-around and steer wrestling at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the all-around and tie-down roping at the Lehi (Utah) Roundup ★ ★ Won the all-around and tie-down roping at the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) ★ ★ Co-champion in the all-around at Montana’s (Dillon) Biggest Weekend ★ ★ Won the California Rodeo Salinas ★ ★ Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) ★ ★ Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Santa Maria, Calif.) ★ ★ Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Grand Island, Neb.) ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) ★ ★ Won the all-around at the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho) ★ ★ 2016: Won Round 7 and placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR to rank fourth in the average. Finished sixth in the world standings with $176,673. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.), the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Pasadena, Texas), the Chief Joseph (Ore.) Days, and the Wrangler Champions Challenge presentedbyJustinBoots(Scottsdale,Ariz.).Co-championattheLehi(Utah)RoundupandtheMissoula(Mont.)Stampede ★ ★ 2015: Won Round 4 and placed in three other rounds at theWrangler NFR to win his first average title with a time of 45.6 seconds on 10 head andmove from12th to second in the world standings, with $211,669.Won theWrangler Champions Challenge (Kissimmee, Fla.), the Pueblo Colorado Champions Challenge, the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), and theWoodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo. Won the all-around at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show (Union) ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Parada del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.) ★ ★ Won the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Helldorado Days Rodeo (Las Vegas, Nev.) Career Highlights

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