Carolina Panthers newcomer Gino Gradkowski ready do the dirty work

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.

With an older brother (Bruce) in his 11th…