Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski is seeing his jersey sales spike

Feb 23, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; General view of a football during the 2015 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 23, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; General view of a football during the 2015 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is one of the most popular players in the league. If you’re a Patriots fan, you love his dominance on the field and if you’re a fantasy football owner who happens to have him you love the points he brings your team.

Gronkowski is also an interesting personality, who is beloved by fans for being an ultimate bro living the dream playing professional football.

So it stands to reason that his jersey is one of the most popular in the NFL this season. Opening week of the season, Gronkowski’s jersey was the eighth best-selling in the league.

Fast forward to the mid-season mark, and that number has spiked to the fifth best-selling jersey in the league. Gronkowski’s popularity is spiking like so many footballs off the turf to deflate in a way that only Tom Brady can enjoy.

While the “face of the franchise” title has unequivocally belonged to Tom Brady over the past decade, Gronkowski is looking as a challenger to that title or perhaps an heir to that crown.

Here are the mid-season top 10 jersey sales, compared to week one.

 Week 1  Mid-season
1Joe Haden 1Joe Haden
2Odell Beckham Jr. 2Tom Brady
3Andrew Luck 3Odell Beckham Jr.
4Tom Brady 4Luke Kuechly
5DeMarco Murray 5Rob Gronkowski
6Peyton Manning 6Andrew Luck
7Russell Wilson 7Peyton Manning
8Rob Gronkowski 8Antonio Brown
9Luke Kuechly 9Russell Wilson
10Dez Bryant 10Cam Newton