--- title: Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Hasn't Spent a Dime of His NFL Salary description: New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been saving like a pro during his five seasons in the National Football League—at least according to his new book, "It's Good to Be Gronk." authors: - name: Susie Poppick url: https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/ at_money_since: 2013 articles: 117 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/susiepoppick former_staff: true published: '2015-06-23T20:21:22.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T06:04:14.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Football - income - NFL - pay - pubdesk - Rob Gronkowski - salary - Sports word_count: 173 canonical: https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements](https://img.money.com/2015/06/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements.jpg) *Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots celebrates after Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015.* New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been [saving like a pro](https://money.com/how-to-save-more-money/) during his five seasons in the National Football League—at least according to his new book, *It's Good to Be Gronk.* The football star claims he has been spending only his endorsement money, not his NFL salary, and avoids making big-ticket purchases. “To this day, I still haven’t touched one dime of my signing bonus or NFL contract money. I live off my marketing money and haven’t blown it on any big-money expensive cars, expensive jewelry or tattoos and still wear my favorite pair of jeans from high school," Gronkowski writes in an excerpt of the book published Monday on *Sports Illustrated*'s [MMQB](http://mmqb.si.com/2015/06/22/nfl-charleston-shooting-byron-maxwell-eagles/6/) blog. If that's true, he's likely amassed at least [$10 million](http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/13134606/rob-gronkowski-new-england-patriots-says-living-endorsement-money) (or more, if he's been investing his savings). Given that a disproportionately high number of NFL players blow through their money and end up [filing for bankruptcy](https://money.com/nfl-players-retire-bankruptcy-life-expectancy/), it seems that Gronk is a rare role model among his peers. Well, [at least](http://www.si.com/nfl/video/2015/02/06/nfl-rejects-new-england-patriots-tight-end-rob-gronkowskis-plea-issues-fines-for-super-bowl-fight) when it comes to money. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Making Money", "item": "https://money.com/making-money/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Hasn't Spent a Dime of His NFL Salary" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/", "name": "Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Hasn't Spent a Dime of His NFL Salary", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-06-23T20:21:22.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:04:14.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Patriots' Rob Gronkowski Hasn't Spent a Dime of His NFL Salary", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/06/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements.jpg", "width": 3456, "height": 2840, "caption": "gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susie Poppick", "url": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/susie-poppick/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/05/14-05-21_bio_author_poppick.jpg?quality=85&w=190&h=190&crop=1", "email": "susie_poppick@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/susiepoppick" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-06-23T20:21:22.000Z", "description": "New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been saving like a pro during his five seasons in the National Football League—at least according to his new book, \"It's Good to Be Gronk.\"", "abstract": "New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been saving like a pro during his five seasons in the National Football League—at least according to his new book, \"It's Good to Be Gronk.\"", "@id": "https://money.com/gronkowski-patriots-gronk-nfl-earnings-endorsements/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:04:14.000Z", "wordCount": 173, "keywords": [ "Football", "income", "NFL", "pay", "pubdesk", "Rob Gronkowski", "salary", "Sports" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Income", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income" ] } ] } ] } ```