NFL player Rob Gronkowski.
Left UA in: 2010
Why he's famous: Sports — football
Notable accomplishment: Gronkowski, or "Gronk," set the NFL records for most touchdown receptions by a tight end in a season and most receiving yards by a tight end in a season, both in 2011.
In 2021, he set a Guinness World record for "highest altitude catch of an American football" at Arizona Stadium.
Former Wildcat Rob Gronkowski set the Guinness record for the highest altitude catch of an American football at the University of Arizona Friday. Video courtesy University of Arizona Athletics.
