SPARTANBURG
With his bald head, dark beard and the pro wrestling T-shirt he wore to lunch Tuesday, Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Gino Gradkowski looks like he could be a bouncer at a dive bar.
But Gradkowski said the only job he’s had in security was the summer he worked at a wave pool in Pittsburgh making sure no western Pennsylvania punks dipped into the register.
“I just kind of hung out and made sure nobody was stealing,” Gradkowski said. “And I would clean up garbage and stuff like that.”
Gradkowski’s done the dirty work most of his football-playing life – so coming off the bench as the Panthers’ backup center/guard will be no different.