ProRodeo Sports News Unveils its First-Round Draft Picks
With the NFL Draft April 28-30, athletes lives will change forever the moment their names are called.
These incoming rookies will aspire to be the best ever, and someday be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The NFL Draft got the PRCA staff thinking what better time than now to put together a quick list of ProRodeo’s best ever.
These cowboys weren’t drafted into rodeo, but went on to become ProRodeo Hall of Famers.
Remember this list of all-time greats is subjective, but this is the ProRodeo Sports News first round draft picks.
Roughstock
• Billy Etbauer, 5-time PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding World Champ, 51 National Finals Rodeo round wins
• Kaycee Feild, 6-time PRCA Bareback Riding World Champ, event-record 27 NFR round wins
• Donnie Gay, PRCA record holder with eight bull riding world titles, also had 16 NFR round wins
• Ty Murray, nine-time PRCA All-Around World Champ; two in bull riding
• Jim Shoulders, 16-time PRCA World Champion – five all-around, seven bull riding and four in bareback riding
Timed-Event
• Guy Allen, 18 steer roping PRCA World Championships
• Trevor Brazile, 26 PRCA World Championships; ProRodeo’s only $7-million cowboy, has 26 gold buckles that include a PRCA-record 14 in all-around, three in tie-down roping and one in team roping and eight in steer roping.
• Cody Ohl, six world championships, one all-around, five in tie-down roping, 55 NFR round wins
• Dean Oliver, 11 world championships; eight in tie-down roping; three in tie-down roping
• Roy Cooper, known as Super Looper, eight world titles, six in tie-down roping, one in steer roping and one all-around
Courtesy of PRCA