The four-time Super Bowl champion tight end first retired in 2019, before coming back to play with quarterback Tom Brady in Tampa Bay for two more seasons
Four-time Super Bowl champion tight end Rob Gronkowski will retire from the NFL, he announced in a tweet Tuesday afternoon, capping his football career after more than a decade, including two seasons—and one Super Bowl—since he came out of a short-lived earlier retirement to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In reaction to the news, Gronkowski’s agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the tight end’s career might not be over for good: “It would not surprise me if Tom Brady calls him during the season to come back and Rob answers the call.