Wesley Silcox

Wesley Silcox is the 2007 world champion bull rider. Wesley: "It's a dream come true. It is what I've worked for and fought for and dreamed about for a long, long time. It's just great." Highlights over the last five years include:

2008 - Won the Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour event in San Antonio, Texas; Won the Dodge Xtreme Bulls Tour event in Laughllin, Nev; Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; Won the Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.); Won the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo

2007 - Won Rounds 2, 9 and 10 at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo en route to claiming the average title and the gold buckle. He more than doubled his regular season earnings with checks totaling $117,933 in Las Vegas. Won the Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo, Guymon, Okla.; the Livermore Rodeo; the Xtreme Bulls Tour event, Reno, Nev.; the Reno Rodeo; the Greeley Independence Day Stampede; the Lehi Round-Up; the War Bonnet Roundup, Idaho Falls, Idaho and the Farm-City Pro Rodeo, Hermiston, Ore. Co-champion at the Redding Rodeo

2006 - Placed in four out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning the fourth round with a score of 90.5 points on Growney Brothers' Golden Ghost. Finished third in the average with a total score of 408 points on five head and finished second in the world standings behind world champion B.J. Schumacher. Won the Pasadena ProRodeo; Great American West Rodeo; Anyonlands Rodeo; Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Rodeo. and Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo. Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo

2005 - Won the eighth round at the Wrangler NFR with an 86.5-point ride on Big Bend Rodeo's Keller Special and placed in three other rounds; won the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo, the Davis County Fair & PRCA Rodeo, the War Bonnett Roundup Rodeo, the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Lehi Round-Up, the Livermore Rodeo and the Walker County Fair & PRCA Rodeo. Finished the year eighth in the world standings with $146,406

2004 - Finished 30th in the world standings with $36,582 in his rookie season; won the Live Oak County PRCA Rodeo, Kern County Sheriff Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo and Cassia County Fair and Rodeo

2008 Wrangler NFR images courtesy of PRCA/Mike Cooperman and Dan Hubbell.

Video from 2007 Wrangler NFR courtesy of PRCA/RodeoUp.