Former New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski retired from professional football in March after a nine-year NFL career that included career receiving records, three Super Bowl wins, and more than $50 million in total salary earnings.

On Tuesday, the 30-year-old Gronkowksi announced that the next phase of his post-NFL career will include a partnership with CBD products company CBDMedic to create a line of topical pain treatments using the cannabis-derived compound. Gronkowski said in a press conference that his father first introduced him to a CBDMedic topical cream for use as a pain reliever (his father uses it for back pain), and the former Patriot applied it to a few bruised toes he suffered during an offseason game of pickup soccer.