ProRodeo Sports News | 2020 Year-End Edition | Dec.18, 2020

STEER WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPION

Jacob Edler was all smiles reacting to the crowd during the gold buckle ceremony. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Alaina Stangle

Underdog No More

Jacob Edler wins first world title

BY TRACY RENCK W hen steer wrestler Jacob Edler arrived at the 2020Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, he wasn’t considered one of the favorites to win.

The State Center, Iowa, cowboy who entered the Wrangler NFR in ninth place in the PRCA | RAM World Standings finished with $200,510 in the world standings to edge Stetson Jorgensen by $1,680. “I’m still trying to make everything come to

reality right now,” Edler said. “I don’t know whether to cheer, laugh, cry, what I’m supposed to do. I’ve wanted this so badly and I’ve worked so hard the last

Edler didn’t get that memo.

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