Driggers Nogueira

TEAM ROPING’S 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONS, 2023 AMERICAN CHAMPIONS

By Hannah Crandall

One of the most consistent teams in the sport, Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira, brought some of the best roping to Globe Life Field at The American Rodeo after an exceptional 2022 season and great success so far in the 2023 season!

American Rodeo Win

Driggers and Nogueira are no strangers to winning big, and it doesn’t look like that will change. To advance to the final round at The American, the 2022 world champions made a businessman’s 5.45-second run before dominating in the short round with a 3.61-second run to earn Driggers his fourth American title and Nogueira his second.

2023 Season

So far in the 2023 season, the team has been in the money in most rounds at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; and they took home second at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo. As of April 6, Driggers and Nogeuira both sit sixth in the world standings. Driggers has qualified for the Wrangler NFR 10 times since becoming a professional rodeo cowboy in 2008 and is a two-time world champion. Nogueira, the Brazilian cowboy, has nine NFR qualifications and three world titles since joining the PRCA in 2014.