El Paso Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Champion, 2019, Tyler Bingham has been an integral
Tyler, the younger of the bull riding Bingham brothers, qualified for the NFR for the third consecutive season. He will begin the ten-day competition in 12th place with $55,557.55 in regular-season and over half a million dollars in lifetime PRCA earnings.
Bingham earned his top 15 place on the roster with 41 qualified rides from 89 attempts (46%) and an average ride score of 83.7.
Rodeo has been an integral part of Tyler’s life since he was a kid growing up in Ogden, Utah.
He and his brother Tim had that rodeo bond thru-out their respective professional careers as bull riders. They have celebrated each other's successes, including a combined five (soon to be six) appearances in the PRCA's Superbowl, the National Finals Rodeo in December.
A former National High School (2011) and College National Finals Bull Riding Champion (2013), and the 2018 Tuff Hedeman El Paso Champion, Bingham won six rodeo titles this year to make it back to the NFR.
In 2019 Bingham finished fourth in the world standings with $246,399. Placed in five rounds at the Wrangler NFR and finished fourth in the average after earning $118,872 in 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 at the NFR alongside his brother Tim in 2017, he finished 18th in the world standings with $80,183.
Often traveling together, older brother Tim Bingham is a three-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier in bull riding. 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.
Bingham attended Hill College in Texas as a member 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 his brother Tyler qualified for the NFR in 2014, and he went out to cheer him on.
Bingham works construction part-time when he is not riding bulls and aspires to someday retire as a full-time rancher. Bingham and his wife Jerica reside in Utah.
