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

$154K The amount of money ($154,903) that steer wres- tler Jacob Edler earned at the 2020 Wrangler NFR, an event-best in what was his Wrangler NFR debut. Be- fore 2020, Edler finished a career-best 23rd in the 2019 PRCA | RAM World Stand- ings with $57,672.

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six years. Coming into my first NFR and doing this, it’s unbelievable right now.” Edler earned $154,903 at the Finals to claim his first world championship in his Wrangler NFR debut. It came down to Round 10 for Edler to secure the world title, and he followed through. Edler clocked a 3.9-second time to finish fourth in the final round and win the average and world championships. Edler won the average with a 43.4-second time on 10 head. Jorgensen was second at 43.7 seconds, failing to place in Round 10 after a 5.0-second run. Edler didn’t out-think himself before he arrived at the arena Dec. 12. “My thoughts were, I knew it was going to be a one-hitter,” he said. “I wasn’t the favorite coming into today. I was a little bit of an underdog coming

into today. I knew that I really needed to take as much start as I could at that steer and have everything line out perfectly, and it ended up lining out perfectly. “Stetson, he’s such a great competitor, he got a little bit of a bad draw today. I am ever so grateful for him letting me ride his horse. Without Stetson Jorgensen, there is no way I could’ve ever done this.” Jorgensen was riding Mable – owned by Garrett Henry – who finished third and tied for second in the 2019 and 2020 Purina Horse of the Year presented by AQHA awards. Said Edler: “I told him (Jorgensen), ‘Thank you so much. Thank you for being a friend. One of these gold buckles is headed your way. You bulldog way too good not to have one.’”

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