PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Kaleb Driggers

Team roping (heading)

Event:

2 nd 2 nd

2018 world standings place: 2018 NFR standings place:

$157,513 $272,464 $1,542,943

2018 NFR earnings: 2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Dec. 19, 1989, inWaycross, Ga.

Born:

Albany, Ga.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2009

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7 (2011-14, 2016-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights (partner Junior Nogueira) ★ ★ Finished second in the world standings with $272,464. Placed second in the average at the Wrangler NFR with 45.50 seconds on nine head, earning $157,513. Placed in seven rounds. Won Round 1

★ ★ Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah)

★ ★ Won the West Of The Pecos (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Grey Snow Annual Rodeo (Perkins, Okla.) ★ ★ Won the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, July 27-28 ★ ★ Co-champion at the Deadwood (S.D) Days Of ‘76 Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Circle, Mont.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 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 new 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, theWolf Point (Mont.)Wild Horse Stampede, theWrangler 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 theWrangler NFR. Won theWrangler Champions Challenges (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and (Redding, Calif.), the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the Cowboy Capital of theWorld 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.)

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