Cole Clemonsis staring down his first NFR qualification, and he’s just a PRCA rookie.

Clemons, 20, is 12th in the 2024 PRCA world standings with $83,110.96 won on the year, and he also leads the Resistol Rookie of the Year race. The Florida native now living in Texas picked up the win at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, as well as a second-place finish at the Reno Rodeo back in June.

Clemons joins this episode ofThe Tie-Down Breakdownto talk about his upbringing, his rookie year, being inside the Top 15 as the fourth quarter of the rodeo season begins and more.

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