BY BRETT NIERENGARTEN @PRORODEOBRETT
While some events have one or two athletes dominating just about every category, the heeling side of the team roping is different. There are four heelers who can say they are a league leader heading into the 2023 regular season’s final weekend.
QUALIFIED TIMES
1. Patrick Smith - 92
2. Jonathan Torres - 91
3. Wesley Thorp - 85
4. Junior Nogueira - 84
5. Buddy Hawkins - 83
6. Trey Yates - 81
T7. Colter Todd - 77
T7. Jake Long - 77
9. Levi Lord - 76
10. Hunter Koch - 72
11. Logan Medlin - 71
T12. Tyler Worley - 65
T12. Cole Curry - 65
T14. Paul Eaves - 64
T14. Coleby Payne - 64
16. Billie Jack Saebens - 63
17. Paden Bray - 62
18. Justin Davis - 56
19. Jeremy Buhler - 51
QUALIFIED TIME PERCENTAGE
1. Patrick Smith - 74%
2. Colter Todd - 69%
T3. Junior Nogueira - 66%
T3. Buddy Hawkins - 66%
T5. Wesley Thorp - 62%
T5. Jonathan Torres - 62%
T7. Jake Long - 61%
T7. Trey Yates - 61%
9. Tyler Worley - 60%
T10. Jeremy Buhler - 59%
T10. Hunter Koch - 59%
T10. Billie Jack Saebens - 59%
13. Cole Curry - 58%
T14. Logan Medlin - 56%
T14. Paden Bray - 56%
16. Levi Lord - 54%
17. Coleby Payne - 53%
18. Paul Eaves - 52%
19. Justin Davis - 50%
AVERAGE TIME
1. Junior Nogueira - 6.29
2. Levi Lord - 6.76
3. Cole Curry - 6.98
4. Trey Yates - 7.08
5. Logan Medlin - 7.09
6. Colter Todd - 7.23
7. Jeremy Buhler - 7.24
8. Tyler Worley - 7.46
9. Buddy Hawkins - 7.59
T10. Jonathan Torres - 7.64
T10. Coleby Payne - 7.64
12. Jake Long - 7.69
T13. Wesley Thorp - 7.75
T13. Paul Eaves - 7.75
15. Paden Bray - 7.76
16. Patrick Smith - 7.89
17. Billie Jack Saebens - 8.28
18. Justin Davis - 8.64
19. Hunter Koch - 10.25
3.7 SECOND OR FASTER RUNS
1. Levi Lord - 6
2. Patrick Smith - 4
T3. Wesley Thorp - 2
T3. Paul Eaves - 2
T3. Logan Medlin - 2
T3. Coleby Payne - 2
T3. Trey Yates - 2
T8. Jeremy Buhler - 1
T8. Buddy Hawkins - 1
T8. Tyler Worley - 1
T8. Paden Bray - 1
T8. Justin Davis - 1
4.5 SECOND OR FASTER RUNS
1. Wesley Thorp - 30
2. Levi Lord - 28
T3. Junior Nogueira - 25
T3. Patrick Smith - 25
T5. Buddy Hawkins - 18
T5. Logan Medlin - 18
7. Paul Eaves - 17
8. Coleby Payne - 16
9. Jake Long - 15
10. Trey Yates - 14
11. Colter Todd - 13
12. Paden Bray - 11
13. Hunter Koch - 10
14. Jeremy Buhler - 8
15. Jonathan Torres - 7
T16. Tyler Worley - 6
T16. Cole Curry - 6
T16. Justin Davis - 6
19. Billie Jack Saebens - 3
GO-ROUND WINS
1. Levi Lord - 22
2. Wesley Thorp - 19
3. Junior Nogueira - 14
4. Buddy Hawkins - 13
T5. Colter Todd - 12
T5. Patrick Smith - 12
7. Logan Medlin - 11
T8. Tyler Worley - 10
T8. Jake Long - 10
T10. Paul Eaves - 9
T10. Coleby Payne - 9
T10. Justin Davis - 9
13. Trey Yates - 8
14. Cole Curry - 7
15. Paden Bray - 6
T16. Jonathan Torres - 5
T16. Billie Jack Saebens - 5
18. Jeremy Buhler - 4
19. Hunter Koch - 3
Stats via ProRodeo.Com are accurate as of Sept. 26, 2023 at 6 PM ET. Stats for Dillon Graham were incomplete.
