Former tight end for the New England Patriots, Rob Gronkowski, officially announced his retirement from the NFL. After being selected into the NFL as the 42nd pick in the second round of the 2010 draft, Gronk spent a total of 11 years as a professional football player on top of adding a plethora of highly sought-after accomplishments. Within his 11 seasons in the league, Rob has earned a total of four Super Bowl championships, has been a four-time First-Team All-Pro selection, has caught 92 receiving touchdowns and 9,286 receiving yards, and was also selected in the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
He made the abrupt news public to his fans this past Tuesday, June 21, 2022, with a lengthy post that was uploaded to his Instagram account — “The journey in Tampa over the last 2 years has blown away what I originally wrote about in college, big time,” Gronk stated in his post. “And for this, I want to thank the whole entire first-class Buccaneers organization for an amazing ride, trusting me to come back to play and help build a championship team. I will now be going back into my retirement home, walking away from football again with my head held high knowing I gave it everything I had, good or bad, every time I stepped out on the field.”
The former Buccaneer would go on to wrap up his caption: “The friendships and relationships I have made will last forever, and I appreciate every single one of my teammates and coaches for giving everything they had as well. From retirement, back to football and winning another championship, and now back to chilling out, thank you to all. Buccaneers fans, the Krewe, without you guys, none of this is possible, all of ya brought it every game, thank you for all you do. Cheers to what’s next, maybe sailing the seas, Argh!”