2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

Tyson Durfey

Tie-down Roping

Event:

2019 world standings place: 3rd 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 2 nd 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$124,654 $237,532 $1,967,267

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Nov. 27, 1983, in Savannah, Mo.

Born:

Brock, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2003

1 (2016)

13 (2007-11, 2013-19)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

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Professional 2019 Highlights ★ He finished third in the world standings with $237,532. He placed in seven rounds and finished second in the average at the Wrangler NFR ★ Won the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas) ★ Won the San Angelo (Texas) 65th Annual Cinch Roping Fiesta

★ Won the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) ★ Won the Northeast Montana (Glasgow) Fair & Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede ★ Co-champion at the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, Aug. 17

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Placed in three rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning Round 7. He finished fourth in the world standings with $194,056 and eighth at the Wrangler NFR with an 80.3-second time on nine head. He earned $67,538 at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo, the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, Rodeo Austin (Texas), the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, the RAM Columbia River Circuit Finals (Yakima, Wash.), the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo, the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo, the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.), the Wichita Falls (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and the Cache County Fair and Rodeo (Logan, Utah) ★ 2017: Won the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the West Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede, the Bruce (Alberta) Stampede and the Bozeman (Mont.) Stampede. Co-champion at the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo. Finished 12th in the world standings with $139,845 and 10th at the Wrangler NFR. He placed in two rounds at the Wrangler NFR with a best of third in Round 10. He earned $32,423 at the Wrangler NFR ★ 2016: Won Round 6 and placed in six rounds to rank second at the Wrangler NFR. Climbed from 14th to first in the world standings with $212,445. Won the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Cowboy Capital Of The World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas), the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo and the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) ★ 2015: Split the Round 3 and 10 wins and placed in two other rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Co-champion at the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-Up. Finished eighth in the world standings with $153,983 ★ 2014: Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR. Finished 14th in the world standings with $83,396 ★ 2013: Placed in four rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished seventh in the world standings with $124,979. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Amarillo, Texas); the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.); the Omak (Wash.) Stampede; Rodeo Killeen (Texas); the Ken Lance Memorial (Ada, Okla.); the Mighty Fraser ProRodeo (Abbotsford, British Columbia) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Four States Fair Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.) and the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo ★ 2012: Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days; the American Royal (Kansas City, Mo.); the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas); the Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (Henderson, Texas) and the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho). Co-champion at the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.). Finished 18th in the world standings with $53,141 ★ 2011: Won Round 7 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 7.6 seconds and placed in three other rounds. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Oklahoma City); the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the San Augustine County PRCA Rodeo (San Augustine, Texas) and the Elgin (Ore.) Stampede. Finished fifth in the world standings with $139,852 ★ 2010: Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR and finished sixth in the average. Set an arena record of 16.9 seconds on two head and won the average at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo. Finished 13th in the final world standings with $115,019. Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.); the Bonnyville (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the Fort Herriman (Utah) Memorial PRCA Rodeo and the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo (Kalispell). Co-champion at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Deseret Peak PRCA Stampede (Tooele, Utah) ★ 2009: Placed in seven of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR to finish third in the average and move from 12th place to third in the final world standings with $159,214. Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas), the Last Stand Rodeo (Coulee City, Wash.); the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo; the Kamloops (British Columbia) Spring Rodeo; the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Rodeo; the Grand Prairie (Alberta) Stompede; the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede, and the Falkland (British Columbia) Stampede

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