Rob Gronkowski Catches Ball From Helicopter, Sets World Record

TUCSON, AZ — Whoever said that you can't come home again obviously never met Rob Gronkowski.

Gronkowski, or "Gronk" as he's lovingly referred to, returned to Tucson over the weekend to help first-year Arizona head football coach Jedd Fisch with the Wildcats' spring football game.

While he was in Tucson, Gronkowski also set a new Guinness Book of World Records mark for the highest altitude catch in history.

That's because Fisch and his staff rented a helicopter to fly over Arizona Stadium and drop a football from an altitude of just over 600 feet to a fully-uniformed Gronkowski.

The 11th year NFL tight end let the first two attempts fall through his hands, but found paydirt on the third and final drop.

Gronkowski, who finished his two-year run at Arizona from 2007-2008 with 75 receptions, 1,197 yards and 16 touchdowns, saved his best catch for last.

All it took to get Gronkowski's name in the record books, it turned out, was a helicopter, a pair of football gloves and a team's worth of players to cheer him on from the sidelines.