10/30/2026
Rookie of the Year, a college national title and NFR round wins, all before he turned 24. Kaden Profili is just getting started. ๐ค
Kaden Profili is a heeler from Jacksonville, Texas. In 2019, he won the Yeti Jr. Open at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping, heeling for Kreece Thompson, and two years later, they won it again. In 2022, he joined the PRCA on a permit.
In 2023, Kaden was named Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year, earning $51,048 heeling for Ty Arnold, who told him straight where he needed to get better. He also won the Resistol Rookie Roundup with Cole Thomas.
In 2024, he stacked it higher. Kaden, a senior in agricultural science at Texas A&M-Commerce, won the College National Finals Rodeo team roping title with James Arviso, his first national title on his fourth trip to the CNFR. His horse, Gunnabeanangel, called Grace, was named the 2024 NIRA menโs Horse of the Year.
That year, he made his first NFR with header Brenten Hall, winning Round 6 with a 3.5 and $33,687 a man, a first for Kaden as an NFR rookie and Brentenโs first since 2020. They were 14th in the world heading into Vegas.
In 2025, he was back with header Lightning Aguilera, and they were all over the board. They won Round 1 in 4.0 seconds for $36,668, shared a three-way tie in Round 3 at 3.8, and won Round 9. Kaden finished fifth in the world among heelers, and Lightning finished sixth among headers. Theyโd secured their spots at the last minute, each with two big runs in San Bernardino to sneak in at 14th and 15th.๐๐ต๐
Heโs made two NFRs, and heโs earned about $395,000 in his career, all by the age of 23.
East Texas is proud. A quiet, steady heeler who knows how to win when it counts.
