2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, July 27-28. Co-champion at the Deadwood (S.D) Days Of ‘76 Rodeo, the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) and the McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Circle, Mont.) ★ 2017: (Partner Junior Nogueira) Finished second in the world standings with $254,471. Placed seventh at the Wrangler NFR with $120,494. Placed in six rounds. Won Rounds 1 and 9 ★ Set a newWrangler NFR record for the fastest team roping time of 3.3 seconds. Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the Rooftop Rodeo, (Estes Park, Colo.), the West Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede, the Wrangler Champions Challenges (Redding, Calif.) and (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the Johnson County Sherriff’s Posse (Cleburne, Texas) and the Annual Fourth Celebration & PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.). Co-champion at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo ★ 2016: Co-champion in Round 5 and placed in six rounds to rank fourth at the Wrangler NFR. Finished second in the world standings with $230,284. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.), the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), the North Central Rodeo Championship Rodeo (Medford, Wis.), the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the West Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo, the Caribou County Fair & Rodeo (Grace, Idaho), the Cherokee (Iowa) Chamber PRCA Rodeo and the Yellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.). Co-champion at the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) and the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup ★ 2015: Won the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, with Travis Woodard. Won the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), with Martin Lucero, Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon) and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho). Finished 33rd in the world standings with $36,529 ★ 2014: (Partner Patrick Smith) Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenges (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and (Redding, Calif.), the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas). Co-champion at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Young County Rodeo (Graham, Texas). Finished seventh in the world standings with $139,243 ★ 2013: (Partner Travis Graves) Won Round 9 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 3.6 seconds and placed in three other rounds; finished fourth in the world standings with $157,729. Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.), the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Goliad (Texas) County Fair PRCA Rodeo, with Kinney Harrell and the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas). Co-champion at the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas) ★ 2012: (Partner Jade Corkill) Won Round 10 of the Wrangler NFR in a time of 4.0, earned a share of first place in Round 1 and placed in four other rounds in between to finish fifth in the average standings and second to Chad Masters in the world standings just $1,211 shy of his first gold buckle. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, Rodeo Austin (Texas), the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) and the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) ★ 2011: (Partner Brad Culpepper) Won Round 3 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 4.1 seconds and placed in three other rounds; finished 11th in the world standings with $111,634. Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay), the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo, the Pasco County Fair Championships (Dade City, Fla.) and the Wide Open (Fort Pierce, Fla.) ★ 2010: Won the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay), with Brad Culpepper, the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo, with Travis Woodard, the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo, with Mike Beers, and co-champion at the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo, with Travis Woodard. Finished 27th in the world standings with $36,863 ★ 2009: (Partner Brad Culpepper) Won the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo, the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay) and the Florida Gateway Pro Rodeo (Lake City). Co-champion at the State Fair of Louisiana ProRodeo (Shreveport). Finished 16th in the world standings as a rookie with earnings of $61,446 Awards Overall and team roping (heading) PRCA Rookie of the Year, 2009 Amateur National High School Finals Rodeo All-Around Rookie of the Year, 2005 Personal 6-0, 170 …Wife, Nicole is a barrel horse trainer … Parents, Nick and Laura Driggers, own Lazy D Performance Horses in Albany, Ga.; sister, Kelsey, also competes in rodeo … Nick has been training horses for more than a quarter of a century … Started roping with longtime family friend Brad Culpepper, a seven-time Wrangler NFR qualifier in 2008

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