Gronkowski Dedicates His Game to His Friend Who Passed Away

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Raised in Williamsville, New York, he played college football at Arizona, winning several awards such as being named The Sporting News freshman All-American, Rivals.com freshman All-American, The Sporting News freshman Pac-10, and being placed on the watchlist for the Lombardi Award.

Gronkowski scored a touchdown in the first quarter, Gronkowski pointed to the sky before spiking the football.

In his first game back from ACL/MCL surgery, Gronkowski managed to catch four passes for 40 yards and a touchdown against the Dolphins in a losing effort, 33–20. He played on limited snaps as the Patriots worked him back to full strength slowly. Against the Vikings in Week 2, Gronkowski logged another 4 receptions for 32 yards in an offensive blunder but a 30–7 win. Against the Raiders in Week 3, Gronkowski caught 3 balls for 44 yards and his second touchdown of the season, and the only touchdown scored in the game. He appeared to have his second touchdown on a tipped pass by Charles Woodson, but the timing of the play had been disrupted, resulting in a drop. New England would go on to pull out a victory, 16–9. Through Week 3, Gronkowski logged 1 start, 11 receptions, 116 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns on only 109 offensive snaps (42% of the teams total snaps).

Gronkowski broke out in Week 8 against the Bears, catching 9 passes for 149 yards and 3 touchdowns. In week 14 against the San Diego Chargers, Rob Gronkowski became the first tight end in NFL history to catch at least 10 touchdowns in four separate seasons. Gronkowski was a major factor in the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLIX win, recording 6 catches for 68 yards and a touchdown late in the second quarter. The Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24. Gronkowski was named to his third Pro Bowl and was the unanimous choice for tight end on the 2014 All-Pro Team, receiving all 50 votes. Gronkowski was fined twice this season, once for “unnecessary roughness” against Indianapolis Colts safety Sergio Brown, and the other time occurring during Super Bowl XLIX. Gronkowski, among three others, was fined $8,628 for “striking an opponent”. At the 2015 ESPYS, Gronkowski won the Comeback Of The Year award for his 2014 season.