Tampa Bay Buccaneer record-breaking tight-end Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski
offers fans a front row seat to a football superstar's life on and off
the field.
"One of the best tight ends the game has ever seen. Off the field, he's
unabashedly the cruise director of the NFL." --New York Post
Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski holds nine league-wide records and three Patriots
franchise records. His accomplishments include thirty-eight receiving
touchdowns in his first three seasons (thirteen more than any other
tight end in the NFL) and the 2011 record for most touchdowns made by a
tight end, with seventeen receiving and eighteen overall. With a Super
Bowl victory under his belt and a nationwide reputation for a
personality that's "comedy gold" (CBS Sports), he has continued to win
the hearts of fans through his fun-loving attitude.
From hamming it up at Super Bowl Media Day, to spicing up interviews
with "Gronk-esque" dance moves, to cuddling with kittens in the pages of
ESPN The Magazine, to christening a used party bus his ride of choice,
Gronk's good humor and playful persona make it seem like other players
are "living in black and white, and Gronk is in color" (CBS Sports). But
it's not all fun and games. After multiple surgeries on his forearms,
ankle, and back, Gronk tore his ACL and MCL, prematurely ending his 2013
season (but not before scoring four touchdowns and 592 receiving yards).
His many injuries and subsequent recoveries made his key play in Super
Bowl XLIX--which led to victory and the title of "Comeback Player of the
Year"--all the sweeter. Gronk takes fans from the field to the locker
room to the VIP room to the talk show green room to his parents' kitchen
table--a full tour of the world according to Gronk.
