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Rob Gronkowski, the All-Pro tight end who left the N.F.L. after the 2018 season, plans to return to the league, this time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Gronkowski, who did not officially retire when he stepped away from the game last March, was traded by his old team, the New England Patriots, to Tampa Bay, where he will be reunited with quarterback Tom Brady, pending a physical examination.
The Patriots will send Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick in this week’s N.F.L. draft to the Buccaneers, and receive a fourth-round pick from Tampa Bay in return.