Mark Gronowski (born October 5, 2001)[1] is an American college football quarterback for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Gronowski grew up in Naperville, Illinois and attended Neuqua Valley High School.
[4] Gronowski committed to play college football at South Dakota State, which was his only Division I scholarship offer, over offers from Butler and Valparaiso, which play in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League, and from Division II Quincy and Bemidji State.
[7] Gronowski's freshman season at South Dakota State (SDSU) was postponed from the fall to the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19.
[22] South Dakota State repeated as FCS national champions and he repeated as the Most Valuable Player of the FCS Championship Game after completing 13-of-21 passes for 175 yards and one touchdown with an interception and rushing eight times for 62 yard and one touchdown in a 23-3 win against Montana.