Best Moments of 2021: Rookie bareback rider Cole Franks delivers at first NFR

After so many great rides in the 2021 regular season, Resistol Rookie of the Year Cole Franks was ready for the bright lights of Las Vegas at his first Wrangler NFR.

Franks was second in two Go-Rounds and third in the Average with 860 points on 10 head. Franks had nine of his 10 outs at the NFR marked 85 points or more and placed in a total of six rounds.

He finished third in the PRCA Bareback Riding World Standings with $227,422.

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