I hope it's okay to put this here as a discussion. I just wanted to brag a little about my little cousin. He is a rookie bull rider in the PRCA and he is sitting #6 in the world heading into this weekend's finals. We are super proud of him. If you happen to watch any of the finals check him out. Jeter Lawrence. He got bucked off his first round bull yesterday.

This is his bio and money winnings.

https://www.prorodeo.com/bio/c...eter-lawrence/107931

Dam $216K plus in earnings at age 19. that is pretty damn impressive

I am still hurting from racing Motocross when I was younger. Riding bulls has to be much worse and harder on your body.
He is already building up a pretty good resume and record. All that money may not go far in a hospital though. Hope he does good and stays safe.

Thanks guys. He went from bucking off the first night to winning the second go round on an unridden bull.

Oh and towards the end of the year the only thing he has spent money on was a new dually. He really is my cousin. LOL

Way cool! I grew up out West and attended many. It was every day life for a lot of people in our area. I've met Ty and Tuff, love what they did for the sport. A lot of similarities to chasing points in NHRA sportsman racing back in the day. I remember being on the road and hearing Lane Frost was killed.

Rock on!

You should be proud Curtis. Billet Balls! Good friend ( Ethan , he was on DRR for a bit) ) and a drag racer now a sprint car racer road bulls when he was young. Crazy!

That is great - Congratulations to him.

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Originally posted by DragRaceResults:
Way cool! I grew up out West and attended many. It was every day life for a lot of people in our area. I've met Ty and Tuff, love what they did for the sport. A lot of similarities to chasing points in NHRA sportsman racing back in the day. I remember being on the road and hearing Lane Frost was killed.

Rock on!

I was always a fan of Tuff and Ty.

When I was still a kid I thought I wanted to ride bulls. Always had family that rodeoed and we were members of the round up club. Roped goats and such. Found out I didn’t really want to be a bull rider. LOL No matter how well it went it almost always hurt.

After round 3. He's certainly got a shot if he rides.

World standings

1. Josh Frost, $259,641

2. T.J. Gray, $254,844

3. Clayton Sellars, $252,140

4. Jace Trosclair, $251,219

5. Jeter Lawrence, $250,908

Good for him! Wow talk about a ride!

More of a Man than I'll ever be. Congratulations!

Well he got another one rode last night. He was 84.5 on a bull I thought he should have been 87 on but he made it look so easy they didn't score what they should have.

They have had some rank bulls at this finals. 2 out of 6 ridden so far for Jeter but one of the other rookies has covered 4. Both rookies battling it out are from Oklahoma, which is cool to me. Go round #7 tonight showing on the Cowboy channel if you have Dish.

Is he here at the NFR? Best event in this city as far as polite and respectful group of people

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Originally posted by Al Alguire:
Is he here at the NFR? Best event in this city as far as polite and respectful group of people

Al, he is. Won the second go round and placed 6th last night. 4 more go rounds. We are really proud of him.


Here is kind of a long story about that part of my family.

Jeter is the younger of 2 sons of my first cousin. His older brother was probably going to be just as good of a rider or better than Jeter is. Cash was his name. Their grandparents, my aunt and uncle have 101 acres a few miles from me. Cash was at their place one afternoon and saddled up his horse to take a ride on their place. It has lots of hills, trees and creek beds. He didn't come back that evening but his horse did. Everyone went out looking for him and he was found later that night but didn't survive. We still have no actual idea of what caused him to be thrown or fall off or whatever happened. I truly believe that Jeter rides for his brother every time he ties on.

I know nothing about this subject except that Jerome Davis provides bulls for these things and they sometimes stay in a pasture right near me. Sure look pretty docile while here relaxing. Good luck to this young man

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Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
I know nothing about this subject except that Jerome Davis provides bulls for these things and they sometimes stay in a pasture right near me. Sure look pretty docile while here relaxing. Good luck to this young man

Some of the best bucking bulls out there Fern.

Very cool/ Back in the 90's I had an employee whos sons was a PBRA rider. He was never great but held his own and it was great to see a young man chasing his dream.

I want to add another post on this since I don't have anything racing related going on yet. Just to prove bull riders are crazy, as if you didn't already know. LOL Long post warning.

My cousin has been off bulls for roughly a year since getting in a riding wreck and receiving a pretty significant brain bleed/head injury. There were days that the docs weren't sure he would walk or function normally again, let alone ride bulls. Well in December 2025 he was getting back on practice bulls again. Here is his first time back in competition since the injury and he walks away with a win.



A comeback is something fans look forward to see unfold. Twenty-year-old Jeter Lawrence delivered one worth remembering.
After a 2025 season clouded by the uncertainty of whether he would ever ride bulls again, Lawrence returned to the chutes with something to prove. At the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo Xtreme Bulls, part of the Rank 45 Xtreme Bulls Tour, he defied all odds and walked away the champion and collected over a $12,000 check from the event's earnings.
Matched against Stockyards ProRodeo's Insurrection in the first round, Lawrence climbed into the chute with clarity and matched the NFR bull for an 87.5-point ride, to qualify for the final round.
"I knew I needed to come here and win," Lawrence said. "I'd seen some videos of that bull, and he looked good, like he'd fit me good, so I knew I could ride that bull."
It was a reassuring statement from a rider who, not long ago, wasn't sure he'd ever nod his head in the chutes again.
In January 2025, Lawrence fractured his forehead at the Oklahoma City ProRodeo. The impact resulted in a brain bleed that abruptly halted his momentum and cast doubt over his career. At one point, doctors told him he might not ride bulls again.
Just one month removed from competing as a rookie at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Lawrence was facing the uncertainty that was its own kind of battle.
"This win means the world," Lawrence said. "They told me I couldn't do it ever again, and now I'm here doing it again. I'm just blessed to be able to do it. Can't thank God enough."
The road back to the bucking chutes wasn't glamorous. There were no dramatic training montages or headline-grabbing breakthroughs, just patience.
"Recovery really was a lot of sitting around at home and time passing by to let it all heal up," he said.
The path to recovery tested him physically, but it also became a mental proving ground. The motivation to return didn't come from outside noise, but rather, it came from within.
"It's just a mind game," Lawrence said. "If you want to do it bad enough, your mind will make you do it."
When he finally eased back into practice pens at home in Council Hill, Okla., there were moments of hesitation. Nodding his head felt different at first, but those doubts faded with time, replaced by the muscle memory and the confidence that carried him here.
By the time the final round rolled around at the Xtreme Bulls in San Antonio, Lawrence looked like the rider he'd been before the injury. He matched his second bull, Pete Carr Pro Rodeo's Richard Slam, move for move, sealing the championship in just his second outing of the 2026 season, and being one of three qualified rides. A night earlier, he finished fourth at the Georgia National Rodeo with an 86.5-point ride.
In 2024, when Lawrence qualified for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, San Antonio had been a turning point, where he finished third with an 88-point ride and earned a $5,000 paycheck. Standing in the Frost Bank Center arena again, victorious after a season on the sidelines, felt like a full-circle moment.
"It's a good feeling to be back here and being able to do it again," Lawrence said.
SOURCE: PRCA SPORTS NEWS
PHOTO: PRCA SPORTS NEWS - HAILEY HURST

Very cool. True grit and determination, topped off with the right amount of crazy I'm sure. Congratulations to the young man. I'm sure the injury and recovery process was a big learning experience that he can look back on, to continue building himself up as his career goes forward. I have a friend who rode bulls in the late 80's/ early 90's. Crazy is a good description. He only did it for a short few years. Still has most of his marbles between the ears.

William, I'm not sure anyone but maybe the women in my family even start with all the marbles we are supposed to have.