Carolina Cowboys Add Three Riders to Team’s Talent-Packed Roster at 2024 PBR Teams New Rider Draft

Ethan Winckler, Murilo Henrique da Silva and Braden Richardson join the Jerome Davis-led squad ahead of the 2024 PBR Camping World Team Series season beginning July 12-14 in Oklahoma City

The Carolina Cowboys added three riders to their roster Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee at the 2024 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Teams New Rider Draft. Under the leadership of General Manager Austin Dillon and Head Coach Jerome Davis, the Cowboys welcomed Ethan Winckler (Winnie, Texas), Murilo Henrique de Oliveira (Pereira Barreto, Brazil) and Braden Richardson (Jasper, Texas).

“It’s nerve wracking but I’m having fun now,” Winckler said after being selected with the No. 5 overall pick in the opening round of the draft. “It’s crazy to be in the locker room with your mentors but I’m ready to get at it.”

“He has a sports background,” General Manager Dillon added. “He has the right mindset. We want guys who can be gritty and get it done.”

After first selecting Winckler with the No. 5 overall pick in Round 1, the team chose Oliviera with the No. 14 overall pick in Round 2 and Richardson with the No. 20 overall pick in Round 2.

The Carolina Cowboys traded their No. 24 overall pick in Round 3 to the New York Mavericks before formally concluding their 2024 PBR Teams New Rider Draft by passing on the No. 34 overall pick in Round 4.

The Carolina Cowboys’ complete roster now includes:

• Arthur Antonialle (Sao Jose do Rio Pardo, Brazil)
• Dawson Branton (Jefferson, Oregon)
• Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas)
• Sage Steele Kimzey (Strong City, Oklahoma)
• Derek Kolbaba (Walla Walla, Washington)
• Tate Pollmeier (Ft. Scott, Kansas)
• Daylon Swearingen (Piffard, New York)
• Winckler
• Oliviera
• Richardson

The Carolina Cowboys will welcome the league for their third-annual PBR Cowboy Days Camping World Team Series homestand on Sept. 20-22 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at Greensboro Coliseum.

The bull riding action at Greensboro Coliseum begins at 7:45 p.m. ET on Friday, September 20, 6:45 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 21, and 1:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 22.

Tickets for the event are on sale now, and start at $20, taxes and fees not included. They can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com and PBR.com, at the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office, or by calling PBR customer service at 1-800-732-1727.

Three-day ticket packages are available, offering fans a 15% discount on select price levels.

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About the Carolina Cowboys:

The Carolina Cowboys are based in Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., where the team will hold its third Cowboys Days homestand on September 22-24, 2024. The Cowboys are coached by PBR co-founder Jerome Davis. Under the leadership of General Manager Austin Dillon, the 2018 Daytona 500 Champion, the team is owned by Richard Childress and Jeff Broin. From a one-man team in 1969, Richard Childress grew Richard Childress Racing (RCR) into one of the most-respected organizations in NASCAR, with nearly 400 team members supporting full-time operations in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. As a car owner, Childress, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2017, has earned more than 200 victories in NASCAR’s top-three national series, 16 championships, three Daytona 500 championships and three Brickyard 400 championships. Away from the track, Childress is a businessman, philanthropist and conservationist – he loves wine, the outdoors, supporting the military, and investing in America’s youth. Childress’ properties include the award-winning Childress Vineyards. He sits on the board of directors of Growth Energy and holds an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Northwestern Ohio. Entrepreneur and agriculturalist Broin is the founder and CEO of bioprocessing giant POET, the world’s largest biofuel producer. Broin and RCR have a longstanding partnership through NASCAR and worked together to upgrade the league to 15% bioethanol.

About the PBR Camping World Team Series:

The PBR Camping World Team Series is an elite league featuring the world’s top bull riders competing on teams in five-on-five games leading to a Team Championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. During the 2024 season, the league’s third, each of the 10 teams – Austin Gamblers of Austin, TX; Arizona Ridge Riders of Glendale, AZ; Carolina Cowboys of Greensboro, NC; Florida Freedom of Sunrise, FL; Kansas City Outlaws of Kansas City, MO; Nashville Stampede of Nashville, TN; New York Mavericks of Brooklyn, NY; OK; Oklahoma Wildcatters of Oklahoma City, OK; Missouri Thunder of Ridgedale, MO; and Texas Rattlers of Fort Worth, TX– will host a homestand. Neutral-site games to be announced are planned as well.

PBR Teams, launched in July 2022, builds on the existing structure of professional bull riding with the same basic rules for judging and scoring qualified 8-second bull rides. In events staged in a tournament-style format, all teams compete in head-to-head matchups against a different opponent each day. Each game features five riders per team squaring off against another team. Full team rosters are comprised of seven riders on the Protected Roster and five Reserve riders. The team with the highest aggregate score of qualified rides among its riders is declared the winner of each game. All PBR Teams events are carried on either the CBS Television Network, streaming live on Paramount+, CBS Sports Network, or RidePass on Pluto TV.

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