Rob Gronkowski, 1977
Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Arizona, 2007–⁠09

Rob Gronkowski

Number
No. 48
Height
6′6″
Weight
265 lb
Hometown
Amherst, NY
Born
May 14, 1989, in Amherst, New York

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Rob Gronkowski played tight end at Arizona (2007–⁠09). The New England Patriots took Gronkowski in round 2, No. 42 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
672
Receiving yards, 2008 (Arizona, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 42
Round 2, 2010 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Career highs

12catches, career highat Oregon, 2008143receiving yards, career highat Oregon, 20083receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Washington, 2008

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Arizona2852518.8657
2008*Arizona4767214.31043
Career751,19716.01657

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2007Arizona48TE
2008Arizona48TE6′6″265

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2008 Arizona 10 games, 47 catches, 672 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 20atUCLAW 31–⁠10332222
Oct 4vs.WashingtonW 48–⁠145109337
Oct 11atStanfordL 23–⁠24230021
Oct 18vs.CaliforniaW 42–⁠27691136
Oct 25vs.USCL 10–⁠1721208
Nov 8atWashington StateW 59–⁠28483143
Nov 15atOregonL 45–⁠5512143124
Nov 22vs.Oregon StateL 17–⁠19350126
Dec 6vs.Arizona StateW 31–⁠10695126
Dec 20 ✦vs.BYUW 31–⁠2142709
2007 Arizona 10 games, 28 catches, 525 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1atBYUL 7–⁠20117017
Sep 8vs.Northern ArizonaW 45–⁠24265139
Sep 15vs.New MexicoL 27–⁠29213010
Sep 29vs.Washington StateW 48–⁠204115257
Oct 13atUSCL 13–⁠201707
Oct 20vs.StanfordL 20–⁠21227022
Oct 27atWashingtonW 48–⁠41385151
Nov 3vs.UCLAW 34–⁠27694127
Nov 15vs.OregonW 34–⁠24573036
Dec 1atArizona StateL 17–⁠20229128

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2010Combine or pro day 2010
Height6′6¼″
Weight264 lb
Arm length34¼″
Hand size10¾″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.58 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.18 s
20-yard shuttle4.47 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 142 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Pro Bowls: 5 (2011–⁠12, 2014–⁠15, 2017) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2011, 2014–⁠15, 2017)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2011, 2014–⁠15, 2017; Pro Football Writers first team 2011–⁠12, 2014–⁠15, 2017; Sporting News first team 2011, 2014–⁠15.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2010New England Patriots164254610
2011New England Patriots16901,32717
2012New England Patriots115579011
2013New England Patriots7395924
2014New England Patriots15821,12412
2015New England Patriots15721,17611
2016New England Patriots8255403
2017New England Patriots13691,0848
2018New England Patriots13476823
2020Tampa Bay Buccaneers16456237
2021Tampa Bay Buccaneers12558026
NFL career1426219,28692

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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