This Gronk doesn’t have a touchdown spike in his repertoire yet. Nor does he play tight end. But he does make a lot of one-handed catches, and open up holes for runners.

Meet Glenn Gronkowski, the youngest brother of Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, and starting fullback for Kansas State, a team that entered the weekend ranked 19th in AP’s Top 25 college football poll.

In the family hierarchy, he’s the baby Gronk, the youngest of the five Gronkowski boys and closest in age to Rob.

To hear his older brother tell it, Glenn is the real star in the family. He was a stud wide receiver in high school, totaling 125 catches for 2,076 yards and 23 touchdowns during his career at Williamsville (N.Y.) North High.

The sophomore is starting to make his mark at Kansas State. Rob Gronkowski positively beams when he talks about his kid brother.

“He’s four years younger than me, but has a starting job in college now, which is a lot of success, getting a full scholarship to a college. Division 1, especially,” Gronkowski said Thursday. “Now he’s a starter, so that’s big success. And he’s gotten better every year and it’s been great to see him grow.”

He’s grown in more than one way. Glenn Gronkowski needed to add 30 pounds to convert from wide receiver to fullback. So the 6-foot-3 athlete bulked up to 234 pounds.

The younger Gronk still looks up to his brother, who’s 6-6, 265 pounds, but at least now, their roles are pretty similar. Glenn Gronkowski creates space for running backs, and occasionally catches the football.

“He’s a good blocker, for sure. He’s got the blocking down. He’s just got to get that mean attitude to finish off some guys. And I’ll let him know that,” Gronk said with a laugh. “But he’s got to start catching some more passes, because I keep getting more than him, and touchdowns, too.”

The boys are extremely competitive, still.

We caught up with Glenn last week prior to a practice to prepare for Thursday’s showdown with Auburn. So what was it like being low man on the Gronk totem poll?

“Crazy at times,” Glenn Gronkowski told the Herald, breaking into a familiar laugh. “At the same time, it was a lot of fun. They didn’t pick on me too much, but it was a definite free-for-all. They definitely went at it a lot of the time.”

Glenn fondly recalled countless games of Wiffle Ball in the backyard, mini-sticks in the basement, hoops, or whatever game he, Rob, Gordie, Dan and Chris played when they were younger.

For those who aren’t familiar, Glenn Gronkowski explained that mini-sticks is hockey on your knees, played with miniature sticks.

“That was a great game growing up, and it was full contact all the time,” Rob Gronkowski said. “I believe that’s where we got our toughness from. Always battling as brothers. Just going at it.”

Glenn was just glad having four brothers as they had plenty of bodies to make up teams.

“It was great always having guys to play with and compete against,” he said.

And what signature Gronkowski trait does Glenn feel he exudes the most?

“Wow, that’s a hard one. But I’d have to say toughness,” he said. “Growing up (in a family) with five boys, and everything, I think that’s something we all have. Being tough — and working hard when you have to — to get things done.”

Asked the same question, Rob Gronkowski couldn’t stop at one trait when describing his little brother.

“He’s definitely tough, and he’s got ability,” Gronk said. “He makes big plays for (K-State) when he catches the ball. But he’s tough. He’s a little crazy. And he’s wild.”

So he’s like you?

“Yeah, a little bit,” Gronk said with a laugh.

Dana Dimel, Rob Gronkowski’s tight ends coach at Arizona, actually recruited Glenn to play at Kansas State, where he is now the co-offensive coordinator for the Wildcats.

So Gronk feels his brother is in good hands.

“Coach Dimel helped me out a lot at Arizona. He’s a great coach. He’s a lot of fun to play for. He knows his stuff,” Gronk said. “He keeps it real, he keeps it entertaining, he keeps it fun out there.”

The Pats tight end was able to head out to Manhattan, Kansas, for the Wildcats’ spring game the past two Aprils to watch his brother play. This year Gronk head-butted his brother on his way out to the field. Every Saturday, he tunes in to watch Glenn’s games on TV.

Glenn, meanwhile, is glad to see his brother back playing following ACL surgery, and admires his big brother and his perseverance.

“You have to be mentally tough to deal with any injury. Not fun — all the work it takes to get back to be completely healthy and be able to play again. And having injuries like that, that are serious, it’s kind of scary sometimes,” Glenn said. “He’s just a real hard-working guy who really loves the game. If something doesn’t go his way, he’s going to work his butt off to get back out there. He just loves playing. He’ll do anything to get back out there.”

Glenn Gronkowski has been to Gillette Stadium for several playoff games. He plans on making another trip after his season’s done, bowl games and all.

“Usually, when the playoffs hit, I try to get up there,” Glenn said. “Hopefully they keep winning, so I can get to some games.”

Bisciotti finds a positive

Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, interviewed on “NFL Thursday Night Kickoff” prior to the Ravens game with the Steelers, was asked what he’s learned through the Ray Rice saga. While there were mistakes made by the league — and by the Ravens — his answer spoke volumes.

“If Ray Rice ends up being the reason and our Ravens’ failures and our shortcomings and the league’s shortcomings become a reason to change the legal process and their shortcomings, then if this is a seminal moment for domestic violence and the way we handle it as a society, then that’s not a burden for us to be that poster boy. It’s not,” Bisciotti said. “Now, I’m embarrassed about it, but five years from now if things have changed significantly for the better, I’ll be proud of it. That’s our recovery. What can we do going forward? Pray that this was a moment in time that changed everything.”

As the league now undergoes an independent investigation into how it handled the Rice case, the image of the NFL, and perception of its players and leadership, has certainly taken a hit.

“I think we have to be conscious of that at all times, whether we’re in the midst of controversy, or during good times,” said Matthew Slater, the Patriots player representative to the union. “That each one of us represents the shield, and no one’s bigger than the shield. So we want to do everything we can to portray that shield in a positive light. Obviously, troubles are going to come and go. We have to weather the storms and try to continue to put the good out there, the good side of the shield and hopefully uphold that.”

Jets’ Ryan ’Hawk-eyed

Jets coach Rex Ryan marvelled last week at how the Seahawks got to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers without pressure packages.

“Seattle doesn’t blitz. They pride themselves with that front four. They get after it. They’re built to rush the passer. That’s what they do, they really get after it,” Ryan said. “They have a deep group of pass rushers and so they just keep rolling them in there at you. And especially at home. Seattle at home, rushing the passer, where it’s hard to change your cadence, it’s hard to do all those types of things, that’s not fun.” . . .

Jets wide receiver Eric Decker found himself cheering for the Colts against his former Denver Broncos teammates Sunday night.

Even though he still has friends on the Broncos, he wasn’t wishing them well. Decker told ESPN New York he was “rooting for the other team,” because he still had a “little sting” leftover from the Broncos not offering him a contract.

Decker spent his first four seasons with the Broncos before signing with the Jets as a free agent in the offseason. The Broncos, in turn, signed ex-Steeler Emmanuel Sanders, who had six catches in the Broncos’ opening win.

“I think it was more weird (watching them) in the preseason, just the first couple of games I guess seeing the guys that you played with and you buckled up with the last couple seasons — four seasons for me — but now it’s not,” Decker said. “Not that I have anything against Denver or anything because I had such great teammates and such great respect for everyone in that organization, but you find yourself rooting for the other team.”

Talib socks it to Peyton

Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib had Peyton Manning in stitches the other day. The former Patriot likes to keep things loose, and was wearing socks that featured the image of the quarterback.

“I showed them to him before practice and he got a good laugh,” Talib told the Denver Post.

Apparently, Talib’s fiancee and mother purchased them on a recent shopping trip. Von Miller started the novelty socks trend in training camp, wearing different customized pairs.

“I got to have my man, ‘Prime Time,’ Deion (Sanders). It’s all about the money,” Talib said, grabbing pairs from his locker to show the Post writer. “Or I can go with these Rolex ones.”

Gold jacket for Megatron

After seeing Calvin Johnson the past few months up close, first-year Lions coach Jim Caldwell is convinced Megatron will one day enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“Not very often you’re going to catch me comparing one guy to another and particularly when you’re talking about a guy who undoubtedly is going to be a Hall of Famer,” Caldwell told the Detroit Free Press the day after Johnson opened the season with two touchdown catches and 164 receiving yards. “There are not many Hall of Famers in this league now that come through the ranks that you get a chance to see. Calvin’s going to be one of those.”

Ditka takes aim at Cutler

During a Q & A in the Chicago Sun Times, former Chicago Bears Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Ditka was asked if Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, had changed his spots or if he looked the same, meaning great at times, but still making costly mistakes. Naturally, Ditka didn’t pull any punches.

“You can’t throw the ball recklessly. I understand you have to trust your receivers, but there’s a time to throw ‘em and a time to fold ’em,” Ditka said. “With the way defenses are being played today, you have to make sure you see the whole field. . . . Turnovers kill you. I don’t care how good a football team you are, they kill you.”