Rico Dowdle had hoped his impersonation of Hingle McCringleberry wouldn't cost him.

Apparently, no suck luck.

The Carolina Panthers running back indicated on social media Wednesday that the NFL will indeed dock him for his two (but not three) pumps in the end zone after celebrating his second touchdown Sunday against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in a game eventually won 16-13 by the Panthers .

"Starting a go fund me," Dowdle wrote on X, interspersing a few good-spirited emojis.

"(T)hey got me."

By NFL standards, the Panthers' breakout star is vastly underpaid, his one-year deal with Carolina set to pay him $2.75 million ... less the cut the NFL is taking for the 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty Dowdle incurred for his impersonation of McCringleberry, the cent

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