A familiar face on the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour, Parker McCown of Montgomery, Texas debuts at the National Finals Rodeo and will check in at the NFR in the No. 11 position for the bull riding event.
The 21-year-old Texas cowboy rode 43% of his bulls to qualify for his first National Finals Rodeo in 2020. He posted 36 qualified rides on 84 attempts. Within that statistic is four rodeo bull riding event title wins, $55,561.23 in earnings, and a high marked ride of 90 points on Rump Shaker at Rodeo Houston.
Before the chaos of 2020, there was 2019, which better tells the story of the NFR Rookie. The Montgomery, Texas cowboy earned $72,543 in 2019 to win the PRCA Permit Standings award. He qualified for the Intercollegiate National Finals Rodeo representing Hill College. He set the record for most money won on a PRCA permit for one year, including ground money breaking Trey Kimzey’s record set in 2019. He also shattered the record for most money won on a permit for a career in one event, not including ground money with $93,002. He competed in PRCA competition on his permit in 2018 and 2019.
Parker began riding bulls at age 12 after playing both baseball and football. With NFL quarterbacks Luke McCown and Josh McCown his cousins, it's no shock that the younger McCown will compete in the Superbowl of Rodeo. McCown earned his ranks in Junior Rodeo winning prestigious youth events followed by National High School Rodeo qualifying and was loyal to the Hill College Rodeo team riding in the Finals in 2019 while shattering PRCA Permit records.
McCown is an avid hunter, likes to work out, listens to George Strait, and will probably order some hibachi prepared food while in Arlington.
Follow Parker’s journey to his first NFR @Parker-mccown24.
