NFL’s Rico Dowdle Starts GoFundMe to Pay Fine for ‘Key & Peele’ Celebration

Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle is taking his unsportsmanlike conduct fine from the NFL in stride, even raising money for charity via a GoFundMe page. The penalty came after Dowdle, 27, scored a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, November 2, when he celebrated with exactly two hip thrusts — a nod to a Key & Peele sketch from 2013. The Panthers were hit with a 15-yard penalty for his actions and Dowdle revealed via X on Wednesday, November 5 that he had been fined. Dowdle’s agent, David Canter, replied that they would appeal the fine, which ESPN reports came to $1