Bill Belichick reveals that Rob Gronkowski fell asleep on the floor during Patriots pre-draft visit

It's no secret that Rob Gronkowski was quite the personality during his NFL career. However, he Miles Sanders Jersey didn't exactly make the best first impre sion on the .During the unveiling of the NFL 100 team on NFL Network, Patriots coach Bill Belichick spoke about Gronkowski's first pre-draft visit with the Patriots back in 2011 and revealed that the star tight end actually fell asleep on the floor.Gronk made an interesting first impre sion on his pre-draft visit to Foxboro | New England Patriots (@Patriots) "Rob was kind of a shot in the dark," Belichick said. "He came up on his pre-draft visit and had a bad visit. We put him in a room, came Avonte Maddox Jersey back, and he was asleep on the floor. He didn't make a very good impre sion."Rich Eisen, who served as the moderator on the panel, was in shock when Belichick announced the stunning revelation."I brought him in and we're getting ready to meet with the coaches," Belichick added. "He fell asleep on the floor."Belichick added that the Patriots "bet" that Gronkowski would turn out to be a real talent when they selected him in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft Carson Wentz Jersey .Despite hauling in 16 touchdowns during his college career, Gronkowski mi sed his fair share of time during his three years at Arizona. The star tight end mi sed the final three games of his sophomore season due to mononucleosis and strep throat. In addition, Gronkowski mi sed his entire junior campaign after surgery for a bulging disk Brian Westbrook Jersey in his back and his draft stock went down as a result.Obviously, Belichick and the Patriots made the right decision by trading up Jalen Mills Jersey in the second round to select Gronkowski, who ended up catching 79 touchdowns during his NFL career prior to announcing his retirement following the 2018 season.Gronkowski has always had the reputation of knowing how to party, but this situation takes the cake. Clearly, the Patriots weren't scared off by Gronkowski's antics since they selected him a few months later.