Two time NFR qualifier, Tyler Bingham, accepting Champion check from Tuff Hedeman in El Paso.
Brother Where Art ThoU?
Tyler, the younger of the bull riding Bingham brothers qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the second consecutive season. On Wednesday night, he will begin the ten-day competition in fifth place with $127,527 in regular-season and $254,595.00 in lifetime PRCA earnings, but he will compete without his traveling and sparring partner in the competition.
26-year-old Bingham earned back to back appearances by competing in 115 rodeos, winning money in 46% or 53 rodeos. Bingham's statistics for rodeos competed was the third-highest among the bull riders. NFR Rookie Trey Kimzey rode in 133 and Jeff Askey in 116.
Tyler enters this year’s competition three places higher than 2018, but he no stranger to the top of bull riding standings and stats. A former National High School (2011), College National Finals Bull Riding Champion, (2013), and the 2018 Tuff Hedeman El Paso Champion, Bingham continued his winning ways with six event wins and is healthy heading to Las Vegas.
In 2018 Bingham split the win in Round 3 with Sage Kimzey and placed in two rounds to rank 12th in the average with 155.5 points on two head at the Wrangler NFR with a $45,327 paycheck from Vegas. He finished 11th in World Standings.
Narrowly missing the chance to compete with his brother Tim at the Thomas and Mack in 2017, he finished 18th in the world standings with $80,183.
Often traveling together, 18 month older brother Tim is a three-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier in bull riding, and Tyler credits Tim for teaching him how to rodeo and achieve his goals in and out of the rodeo arena including heading to the practice pen to stay in shape.
Tyler and Tim Bingham
Both Binghams attended Hill College in Texas as a members of their esteemed college rodeo team.
The 5’10 165 pound Bingham admits to losing the “fire” for bull riding when he went to college but rekindled the flame when Tim qualified for the NFR in 2014, and he went out to cheer him on. This year Tim, who has suffered from a series of season-ending injuries, will cheer him on with Tyler’s wife Jerica and, no doubt, a Bingham family entourage.
Bingham works construction part-time when he is not riding bulls and aspires to someday retire as a full-time rancher.
Tyler Bingham, Honeyville, Utah - 2-time NFR qualifier