The NFL announced its annual selections for the All-Pro First Team that included several familiar names to earn the prestigious honor.

Among those players was New England Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski, who received the accolade for the fifth time in his eight-year NFL career. According to Mike Reiss of ESPN, this allows triggered a $2.5 million incentive bonus.

 New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has been awarded first-team All-Pro honors, which earns him $2.5 million and achieves the highest level of incentives possible as part of the revamped contract he signed last offseason.

Although he received a huge payday bonus for his personal feat, Gronkowski missed out on the rest of his $5.5 million incentives as he fell short of the other requirements of playing at least 90 percent of the offensive snaps or reach 80 catches or 1,200 receiving yards.

He finished with taking the field for 79.3 percent of the offensive snaps due in large to missing a pair of games in the regular season one due to injury and the other because of a suspension. The 28-year-old tallied 69 catches for 1,084 receiving yards with eight touchdowns in 14 games played.

Gronkowski has established himself as arguably the best tight end in the NFL over the last few seasons behind his consistent production breaking 1,000 receiving yards four times, at least 10 touchdowns five times, and more than 65 catches on four occasions. He also holds the NFL record for most 1,000 receiving yard campaigns by a tight end.

However, the only significant concerns around him have been his well-document history with injuries that have only allowed him to play an entire regular season twice in his career. He has been able to show durability this season being healthy heading into the playoffs where he figures to be a major factor in the passing game.

Gronkowski is currently tied for fourth in league history with nine touchdowns in the playoffs and first among tight ends, and fourth at his position with 754 receiving yards. His three career 100-yard receiving games in the postseason that is tied for third all-time among tight ends behind Vernon Davis (four) and Keith Jackson (four).