Trouble teenaged boy who was taken in by the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch after his father died and an OD. Taken in by the Duttons, and put to work on the ranch, after being arrested Sheriff Donnie Haskell after attempting to rob a gas station. Rip initially had him sleeping in the tool closet but eventually grew fond of him as he quickly picked up the ropes of ranching and working as a hired hand. Sees Beth and Rip as parental figures.