Tuf Cooper

Name and Hometown: Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas

15-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifier

2011, 2012, 2014 tie-down roping world champion

2017 World Champion All-Around

Joined PRCA: 2008

Regular Season Earnings: $114,326

Starting 2023 NFR in 15th place

Major regular season wins –

• Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, $14,920
• Rodeo Houston, $8,250
• Rodeo Austin (Texas), $7,315
• Greeley (Colorado) Stampede, $5,226
• Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), $5,321
• Horse Heaven Roundup Rodeo (Kennewick, Washington), $6,062

Fun Facts about Tuf: His 15th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification might have been his most difficult. Tuf’s season started off well with a second-place finish at the legendary Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. He continued getting checks and after “Cowboy Christmas” was 11th in the world standings. Then he dropped to 19th with just one month left in the regular season. The last two weeks of the season he entered 14 rodeos, that took him from California to Maine. He won enough to finish in the final spot $10,000 ahead of Luke Potter. Amid the chaos, he and his wife Tiffany celebrated their daughter’s first birthday. Tuf will be making his 15th trip to Las Vegas for his 15th NFR. The son of world champion Roy Cooper has two brothers that have also roped in the Thomas and Mack Arena. Roping and rodeoing has been in his blood and now he’s sharing experiences that he had as a child with his growing family.