JEROME DAVIS

Bull Rider

Inducted 2026

Jerome Davis knew what he wanted to be from an early age – a professional bull rider. His first bull ride was at 11 and he didn’t look back. Davis competed throughout high school in bull riding and saddle bronc riding, with a little calf roping and team roping for fun. But it was bull riding that really drew him in. He won the North Carolina Rodeo High School Bull Riding Championship in 1990, and his dreams went on from there.

Davis was recruited to the Odessa College rodeo team as a saddle bronc rider after winning the 1991 Reserve High School Championship All-Around title. He convinced the coach to let him ride bulls as well. As a freshman, he won the Bull Riding Championship in 1992. He continued with college until he was able to buy his PRCA card, which he filled riding saddle bronc horses. Davis qualified for his first National Finals Rodeo in 1993. He would qualify for the next four as well, finishing no lower than fifth.

Davis came into the 1995 season hot and stayed at the top all year. By the end of the Finals, Davis needed to ride his last bull to outscore Terry Don West for the championship. His 84 score on Bad Company’s The Jam edged out West by $3,147. Davis also walked away with the NFR Average title with a combined score of 736 on 9 bulls. Davis’ title would be the first PRCA World Championship to go to a cowboy from east of the Mississippi River.

On March 14, 1998, Davis was thrown from a bull at an event in Fort Worth, TX. The head-first fall fractured a vertebrae and left Davis paralyzed from the chest down. After he recovered, he started working on his next chapter – raising top bucking bulls for the rodeo circuits. Not only has Davis become a fine stock contractor, he also devoted more time into teaching bull riding schools and clinics. His dedication to teaching the next generations of bull riders has earned him top awards as coach of the year.

World Championship: 1 (1995 bull riding)

Born August 10, 1972 in Colorado Springs, Colorado