statvalue article_title draftround birth_date statseason statweek draftyear heightin image_size heightft number image college statlabel name caption birth_place statleague weight position highschool draftpick currentteam
308 4,379 54 rob gronkowski
 2 14 may 1989 2014 17 2010 6 250 6 87 rob gronkowski.jpg arizona receptions receiving yards receiving tds rob gronkowski gronkowski playing against the houston texans in 2013 amherst , new york nfl 265 tight end churchill -lrb- pa -rrb- woodland hills 42 new england patriots
rob gronkowski

rob gronkowski -lrb- born may 14 , 1989 -rrb- , nicknamed `` gronk '' , is an american football tight end for the new england patriots of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he played college football at arizona , and was drafted by the patriots in the second round of the 2010 nfl draft .
in 2011 , gronkowski , in his second season in the nfl , set the single-season record for touchdowns by a tight end with 17 receiving touchdowns , and 18 overall , as well as the single-season record for receiving yards by a tight end , with 1,327 .
that season , he became the first tight end in nfl history to lead the league in receiving touchdowns .
in his first three seasons , he had 38 receiving touchdowns in 43 games ; with no other tight end having more than 25 .
