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Watch: 5-year-old Rob Gronkowski breaks pinata, dominates kindergarten in candy gathering

During the broadcast of the New England Patriots' 36-7 in over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday Night Football, the CBS crew cut to a long-lost highlight for tight end Rob Gronkowski -- at age 5.

The above video shows Gronkowski in his kindergarten glass in upstate New York, going at a pinata. (The footage start at the :31 mark of the video.) Not only does the young Gronk pack a wallop with what appears to be a customized pinata-mashing mallet, he shows great awareness and ball skills in his candy gathering efforts.

With the pinata disemboweled and spewing its candy viscera all over the floor, the future All-Pro tight end goes for the heads up play, going up to snatch the candy at its highest point, out of the reach of the defenders his kindergarten classmates.