• A second-year tight end who appeared in two games with Detroit as a rookie in 2009.
• Caught 40 passes for 401 yards (10.0 avg.) with four touchdowns at Maryland.
• Lettered in football (4), baseball (4), basketball (3) and hockey (1) at Williamsville High
School in Williamsville, N.Y.
• Acquired via trade from Detroit in exchange for CB Alphonso Smith by the Broncos on Sept.
4, 2010.
• Selected by Detroit in the seventh round (255th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
Released by Detroit 9/5/09; Signed to the practice squad by Detroit 9/7/09; Signed to active roster by Detroit 12/1/09; Released by Detroit 12/17/09; Signed to the practice squad by Detroit 12/19/09; Re-signed by Detroit 1/4/10; Traded from Detroit to Denver 9/4/10.

QUICKLY: Gronkowski is a second-year tight end who appeared in two games with Detroit as a rookie in 2009, catching one pass for four yards… Spent the first 12 and final three weeks of the 2009 season on the Lions’ practice squad… Acquired via trade by Denver on Sept. 4, 2010.

2010: Gronkowski was traded from Detroit to Denver in exchange for CB Alphonso Smith on Sept. 4, 2010. He recorded one catch for two yards in his Broncos debut at Jacksonvile (9/12) and added another 2-yard catch against Indianapolis (9/26).

2009: Gronkowski spent the first 12 weeks of the season on the Lions’ practice squad before being activated on Dec. 1... Caught one pass for four yards at Bal. (12/13)... Returned to Detroit’s practice squad for the final three weeks of the season.

COLLEGE:
Gronkowski played in 40 games (29 starts) and caught 40 passes for 401 yards (10.0 avg.) with four touchdowns at Maryland... Started 12 games as a senior, catching 29 passes for 287 yards (9.9 avg.) and three touchdowns, while posting 66 knockdowns and 11 touchdown-resulting blocks... Appeared in 11 games as a junior, registering 70 key blocks/knockdowns and 10 touchdown-resulting blocks