Meet the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Bull Fighters

They’re entertainers. They’re athletes. But most importantly, they are cowboy protectors.

Meet Troy Lerwill and Evan Allard, two of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo bull fighters.

“Our job is to, first and foremost, see that that bull rider makes a safe exit from the arena,” says Allard. “And that takes the team.”

“It takes all four of us actually to get through this,” says Lerwill. "... We really have to work together. Those guys take so good care of me, and I take good care of them.”

Meet the NFR Athletes is presented by Montana Silversmiths
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