Gronk is a champion, again.
Rob Gronkowski won his fourth Super Bowl on Sunday after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cruised past defending champion Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 to become the first host team to win the big game.
Gronkowski, who returned to the NFL this season to reunite with longtime quarterback Tom Brady after a one-year retirement, is the first former Arizona Wildcat to win four Super Bowls along with six appearances, and the only player in program history to win multiple Super Bowls.
That wasn't the only milestone Gronkowski reached on Sunday.
The ex-UA tight end hauled in six catches — on seven targets — for 67 yards and two touchdowns, the only player in NFL history besides Jerry Rice to have multiple touchdown receptions in multiple Super Bowls. Gronkowski is also the only player in NFL history to catch a pass in five different Super Bowls.
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Both of Gronkowski's touchdowns came in the first half including the first touchdown of the game with 37 seconds left in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Gronkowski caught a 17-yard pass from Brady to give the Bucs a 14-3 advantage.
"No one got too big and no one got too low," Gronkowski told CBS after the Super Bowl. "Everyone worked together. ... It was just such a great team win and it was just such a great season. Everyone helped each other out, contributed and did what we had to do to win it all — Super Bowl 55."
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