“Fun fact: my first NFL game was on the sidelines as a @patriotscheerleaders 🏈 💃🏼 Before I was watching the games in the stands I was cheering and dancing in the end zones and #NeverNotDancing from the sidelines,” the 2019 cover model wrote on Instagram. “It was a goal of mine to make a professional dance team after growing up dancing from 3-18 years old . My final performance as an NFL cheerleader was at Super Bowl XLIX 🏆 HAPPY FOOTBALL SUNDAY 🏈🏈🏈🏈” 33-year-old Gronkowski, commonly known as “Gronk” played for the Patriots for nine season (2010-2018) and spent two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 2021. Gronkowski and Kostek, 30, have been together since 2015. Kostek ended up leaving cheerleading to focus on modeling full time. She made her SI Swimsuit debut in 2018, during the open casting call known as Swim Search. She co-won Swim Search that year, alongside Haley Kalil and has been featured in the magazine every year since. Gary Gershoff/Getty Images More News:
Mayim Bialik Is All of Us Trying to Fold a Fitted Sheet in New Instagram Video
Look: Christie Brinkley Shares Throwback to Momentous SI Swimsuit Photoshoot With Her Daughters
Vanna White Explains How She Keeps ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Role From Becoming ‘Monotonous’
