Super Bowl champion this month ... dominant pro lacrosse player next year?!
Rob Gronkowski could do exactly that ... so says his former Patriots teammate Chris Hogan, who tells TMZ Sports the future Hall of Fame tight end could be lethal in lax!!
"I mean, Gronk would be a force to be reckoned with, man," Hogan says. "I don't know how you would be able to take the ball away from him. He's such a physically gifted person and athlete."
As for how Hogan would know ... if you ain't familiar, he's a damn good lacrosse player himself.