2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

J.R. Vezain

Bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding

Events:

4th (BB)

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

3rd

$107,519 $220,831 $857,683

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Feb. 22, 1992 Cowley, Wyo.

Born:

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2011

0

5 (2012-14, 2016-2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

3 (2012-14) 2 (2011, 2016)

RNCFR qualifications:

Vernon (Texas) College, Casper (Wyo.) College

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the Eastern Montana Fair Rodeo (Miles City) ★ ★ Won the Gem State Stampede (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Co-champion at the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR to tie for second in the average. Finished eighth in the world standings with $159,508.Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Bruce (Alberta) Stampede, the (Douglas)Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo and the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia) ★ ★ 2015: Finished 61st in the world standings with 11,484 ★ ★ 2014: Placed 13th in the average at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.), the Yellowstone River Round-up (Billings, Mont.), the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.), the Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo, A Tribute to the Great American Cowboy (Casper, Wyo.) and the Maah Daah Hey Stampede (Grassy Butte, N.D.). Co-champion at the Okotoks (Alberta) ProRodeo. Finished 15th in the world standings with $70,208 ★ ★ 2013: Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR on his way to finishing third in the average and seventh in the world standings with $143,924.Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, theYellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Buc Days ProRodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas) and the Pincher Creek (Alberta) ProRodeo. Co-champion at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo ★ ★ 2012: Won Round 10 and placed in five other rounds at his firstWrangler NFR to finish fourth in the world standings with $199,304. Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); the Atlantic City (N.J.) Boardwalk Rodeo, the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, the Wild Rogue ProRodeo (Central Point, Ore.), the Pincher Creek (Alberta) ProRodeo and the Whoop-Up Days (Lethbridge, Alberta) ★ ★ 2011: Finished 20th in the world standings with $47,845. Won the bareback riding at the Bowman (N.D.) County ProRodeo. Won the all-around and bareback riding at the Pikuni ProRodeo (Browning, Mont.). Won the bull riding and the all-around at the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2010: Won the year-end all-around title in the Montana Circuit, becoming the first roughstock cowboy to do so since Bob Schall in 1993. Won the all-around at theTulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo and the Belt (Mont.) Rodeo. Won the bareback riding at the ChisholmTrail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.), the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo, the EnergyTown Pro Rodeo (Gillette,Wyo.), the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Mo Betta Stampede and Native American Heritage Days (Anadarko, Okla.) and the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.). Co-champion at the Yellowstone Stampede Pro Rodeo (Billings, Mont.) and theWest Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene). Won the bull riding at the Dawson County Fair & Rodeo (Glendive, Mont.), the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo and the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.). Earned $23,614 while competing on his permit Awards Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2011 Amateur National High School Finals Rodeo Bareback Riding Champion, 2009; finished third in NHSFR all-around and sixth in the bareback riding, 2010. College National Finals Rodeo all-around champion, 2011 Personal 5-8, 140 …married, Shelby …Mother, Shilo Christman; father, Justin Jarrett (a former bareback rider) … His given name is Greg Duncan Vezain, but he has always gone by J.R. because an aunt took to calling him“Junior,”even before he was born … J.R. learned to ride from his maternal uncle, Duncan Vezain, during summers spent in Bridger, Mont … A two-time Wyoming high school wrestling champion at Rocky Mountain High School (Cowley, Wyo.); he

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