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Rob Gronkowski made a living catching passes on the football field, and he didn’t drop the ball when it came to saving money either.
The four-time Super Bowl champion was notably frugal with his NFL earnings, and for many years, resisted spending a dime of his salary.
Pretty impressive restraint, considering Gronk made more than $70 million across his 11 seasons.
Speaking recently to Hard Rock Bet, the former tight end revealed he decided to save his money due to fears any career could be cut short by injury.
Why didn’t Rob Gronkowski spend a dime of NFL salary?
“At the beginning I was like — Iâm making it to the NFL. I never imagined it to be where it is now,” he said.
“I was like, if I play three years — I was a second round pick, it was $4 million (rookie contract), like $3.5m guaranteed — if I play those four and thatâs all I have, I can put $2m in my bank. And Iâm good.
“I thought just renting an apartment was great. I didnât know high standard living. I got brought up as more of a frugal guy, frugal family.
“Parents are frugal. I was using my brotherâs equipment, theyâd hand it down to me. I didnât even know what new was.
“If I save my money and live off a couple endorsements, doing cards, little appearances, I can be totally fine. I never have to work at 24 years old if I just play four years in the league.
“That was my mindset going in. Then things just kept growing. So I never tapped into my NFL money really.
“Now things are blowing up. If you look at it, I still have my NFL money.”
With his salary locked away, Gronk dipped into the money he made from a long line of endorsements.
One of football’s most marketable men, he partnered with BodyArmor early in his career and was handed a couple of shares.
The sports drink brand later surged thanks to an investment from NBA icon Kobe Bryant, and has since been bought out by Coca-Cola for $5.6 billion.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bryant’s estate netted $400m from the 10% stake he bought for an initial $6m in 2013.
Gronk made ‘a nice chunk of change’ from his shares too — but admitted it could have been more if his head wasn’t turned by a rival company.
“I was actually the first person to represent BodyArmor, the first athlete,” the future Hall of Famer, who fell asleep in his infamous draft interview, told Hard Rock Bet.
“I didnât invest in it. I got a little payday at first, couple shares.
“About two years into it, I won the Super Bowl and they offered me something lower than what I had previously. That doesnât make sense, I just won a Super Bowl. But they were struggling as a company at that time.
“I didnât know anything about anything. I didnât even know how companies work. I didnât know how business worked.
“So I left and went to Monster Energy.
“Then a year later, you saw the whole production with Kobe. He invested and BodyArmor started to really catch on. I was like, thatâs cool. Iâm with Monster, Iâm not going to hate.
“Then it just kept growing and growing. Iâm like, Iâm starting to understand how business works. I see what they were doing at the beginning.
“Iâm in the business world more and more, because when youâre a kid you donât know how anything works. You got to learn as you grow.
“Eventually I saw it get sold when I was with the Bucs and I totally forgot about the shares I had. I got a nice chunk of change because of those shares from the first two years.
“Thatâs when I really realized, oh, I see how the equity works now. That was a huge eye-opener for me.
“I was on before Kobe. But he did a phenomenal job taking that brand to another level. No hate, no bad blood.
“Now the guy who started BodyArmor just started another hydration drink — Recover 180. Itâs about two years into it. A lot of great flavors. Weâre friends. I saw him at a party, weâre cool, and I invested into that. Start over. Iâm all in, baby.”
The endorsements kept coming from Gronk, who has partnered with other major brands including Dunkin’ Donuts, Visa, T-Mobile and Tide, appearing in numerous print, television and online ads for those brands.
Rob Gronkowski shares financial advice for rookies
Post-NFL, a once frugal mindset has finally shifted for future Hall of Famer.
His financial advice to the young guys coming through? Make the money before you spend money.
“I spend now, baby. But I got it. Thatâs what I wanted. I spend, but I got it,” the NFL legend said.
“At first, just donât go all in just because you have it.
“Simple advice, you donât need the $200,000 car as a rookie. Get the $60,000 car. Itâs basically just as flashy. Itâs not going to make you more of a man or make you play better on the football field.
“As a young buck, you start getting on that train right away — buying everything, all the jewelry, all the cars that depreciate the second you pull off the lot. Then guess what? Youâre going to want to live that life your whole entire time.
“Iâm taking it one step at a time. Now I got a nice car, but I donât have the nicest one yet. In 10 years, Iâm going to have that Rolls-Royce because I just keep earning.
“Spend in your means. You donât got to go overboard. You donât need everything flashy right away.
“Just put it away. You never know when the NFL is going to be done with. Not For Long. And if you put it away, man, youâre set. Even if you put $2m away, youâre set.
“Just be basic at first. And just have energy. Have aura, that will attract everything.”
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Rob Gronkowski made a living catching passes on the football field, and he didn’t drop the ball when it came to saving money either.
The four-time Super Bowl champion was notably frugal with his NFL earnings, and for many years, resisted spending a dime of his salary.
Pretty impressive restraint, considering Gronk made more than $70 million across his 11 seasons.
Speaking recently to Hard Rock Bet, the former tight end revealed he decided to save his money due to fears any career could be cut short by injury.
Why didn’t Rob Gronkowski spend a dime of NFL salary?
“At the beginning I was like — Iâm making it to the NFL. I never imagined it to be where it is now,” he said.
“I was like, if I play three years — I was a second round pick, it was $4 million (rookie contract), like $3.5m guaranteed — if I play those four and thatâs all I have, I can put $2m in my bank. And Iâm good.
“I thought just renting an apartment was great. I didnât know high standard living. I got brought up as more of a frugal guy, frugal family.
“Parents are frugal. I was using my brotherâs equipment, theyâd hand it down to me. I didnât even know what new was.
“If I save my money and live off a couple endorsements, doing cards, little appearances, I can be totally fine. I never have to work at 24 years old if I just play four years in the league.
“That was my mindset going in. Then things just kept growing. So I never tapped into my NFL money really.
“Now things are blowing up. If you look at it, I still have my NFL money.”
With his salary locked away, Gronk dipped into the money he made from a long line of endorsements.
One of football’s most marketable men, he partnered with BodyArmor early in his career and was handed a couple of shares.
The sports drink brand later surged thanks to an investment from NBA icon Kobe Bryant, and has since been bought out by Coca-Cola for $5.6 billion.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bryant’s estate netted $400m from the 10% stake he bought for an initial $6m in 2013.
Gronk made ‘a nice chunk of change’ from his shares too — but admitted it could have been more if his head wasn’t turned by a rival company.
“I was actually the first person to represent BodyArmor, the first athlete,” the future Hall of Famer, who fell asleep in his infamous draft interview, told Hard Rock Bet.
“I didnât invest in it. I got a little payday at first, couple shares.
“About two years into it, I won the Super Bowl and they offered me something lower than what I had previously. That doesnât make sense, I just won a Super Bowl. But they were struggling as a company at that time.
“I didnât know anything about anything. I didnât even know how companies work. I didnât know how business worked.
“So I left and went to Monster Energy.
“Then a year later, you saw the whole production with Kobe. He invested and BodyArmor started to really catch on. I was like, thatâs cool. Iâm with Monster, Iâm not going to hate.
“Then it just kept growing and growing. Iâm like, Iâm starting to understand how business works. I see what they were doing at the beginning.
“Iâm in the business world more and more, because when youâre a kid you donât know how anything works. You got to learn as you grow.
“Eventually I saw it get sold when I was with the Bucs and I totally forgot about the shares I had. I got a nice chunk of change because of those shares from the first two years.
“Thatâs when I really realized, oh, I see how the equity works now. That was a huge eye-opener for me.
“I was on before Kobe. But he did a phenomenal job taking that brand to another level. No hate, no bad blood.
“Now the guy who started BodyArmor just started another hydration drink — Recover 180. Itâs about two years into it. A lot of great flavors. Weâre friends. I saw him at a party, weâre cool, and I invested into that. Start over. Iâm all in, baby.”
The endorsements kept coming from Gronk, who has partnered with other major brands including Dunkin’ Donuts, Visa, T-Mobile and Tide, appearing in numerous print, television and online ads for those brands.
Rob Gronkowski shares financial advice for rookies
Post-NFL, a once frugal mindset has finally shifted for future Hall of Famer.
His financial advice to the young guys coming through? Make the money before you spend money.
“I spend now, baby. But I got it. Thatâs what I wanted. I spend, but I got it,” the NFL legend said.
“At first, just donât go all in just because you have it.
“Simple advice, you donât need the $200,000 car as a rookie. Get the $60,000 car. Itâs basically just as flashy. Itâs not going to make you more of a man or make you play better on the football field.
“As a young buck, you start getting on that train right away — buying everything, all the jewelry, all the cars that depreciate the second you pull off the lot. Then guess what? Youâre going to want to live that life your whole entire time.
“Iâm taking it one step at a time. Now I got a nice car, but I donât have the nicest one yet. In 10 years, Iâm going to have that Rolls-Royce because I just keep earning.
“Spend in your means. You donât got to go overboard. You donât need everything flashy right away.
“Just put it away. You never know when the NFL is going to be done with. Not For Long. And if you put it away, man, youâre set. Even if you put $2m away, youâre set.
“Just be basic at first. And just have energy. Have aura, that will attract everything.”
Stay up to date with the NFL across all our talkSPORT platforms – subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest news, opinion, exclusive interviews and our daily unfiltered, unscripted show ‘The S* Word, from 8am ET
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