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14 years ago
Got to be trying on a person not to know.. hopefully it is just communication issue or what not.. but seems strange overall.

I hope for both Kris and Cullen that all is well.

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/includes/news_items/40/news_items_more.php?id=5531§ion_id=40 

Jenkins awaits word from missing father


By JASON WILDE
jwilde@espnwisconsin.com

IRVING, Texas Cullen Jenkins voice quavered, his eyes cast down toward the floor. Super Bowl week is supposed to be full of happy, inspiring stories. And maybe this one will end happily, too.

But maybe it wont. And thats what the Green Bay Packers veteran defensive end is afraid of.

On Sunday, Jenkins will play in Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he doesnt know if his father will be there. Because he doesn't know where his father, the man who raised him as a single parent, is.

We just havent heard from him, Jenkins said Wednesday morning at the Packers team hotel. He went out to Hawaii and we havent heard from him since he went out there. Its been a little over a month.

And thats not like Darome Jenkins, the man who raised not one but two NFL stars all by himself in Ypsilanti, Mich. Cullens older brother Kris, a three-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle now with the New York Jets, and Cullen, who entered the league as an undrafted free agent but has grown into one of the leagues premier interior pass rushers.

It was just me, my dad and Kris growing up. So we were very close, Jenkins said. He worked a lot to take care of us. And he did a good job of it.

You get a little worried, you know? You wonder if hes all right.

Darome gained full custody of Kris and Cullen when Cullen was just 10 months old, just after getting his graduate degree from Eastern Michigan, where hed played football as an undergrad. He got them both involved in team sports as a way to keep them out of trouble, and football turned out to be so much more than a diversion.

"I'm proud of them not because they're football players, I'm proud of them as men," Darome, a former high-school football coach, said in an interview with the Ann Arbor News in July 2003, when he was working as a middle-school drama teacher. I'm happy for them as football players. I'm glad that they were able to achieve success at a sport they enjoy doing. But I'm just proud of the fact that they're men that take care of their children. That's what makes me proud of them."

As much as was made of the Packers silly team photo/Twitter flap last week, with the national media trying to turn it into the mother of all Super Bowl distractions, it was nothing close to that. This, on the other hand, at least for one player, could be a major distraction.

Hes mentally tough, but were watching him, talking to him, seeing how hes feeling, said fellow defensive end Ryan Pickett, one of Jenkins closest friends on the team.

Jenkins said his dad moved to Hawaii awhile ago but comes back to the mainland every so often, usually in the summertime. The last time he heard from his dad was right around Christmas, and the last time he called his father, he learned his cell phone had been disconnected.

Its not normal, Jenkins said.

The situation with his father is just the latest challenge Jenkins has faced this season. He broke his left hand in the Sept. 12 regular-season opener at Philadelphia and had to play with a bulky cast until mid-November. Then, he aggravated a calf injury he originally suffered in pregame warm-ups on Oct. 24, forcing him to miss the final four regular-season games.

Its been a tough year, Jenkins said. Theres been a lot going on.

Nevertheless, he finished the regular season second on the team in sacks with seven in only 11 games, returning to action for the Packers NFC Wild Card over the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 9. He was credited with two quarterback hits on Atlantas Matt Ryan in the teams NFC Divisional Playoff victory over the Falcons on Jan. 15, then had two more including a half-sack on Chicagos Jay Cutler in the Packers NFC Championship Game victory over the Chicago Bears.

Now, theres reason to wonder how the situation could affect the otherwise steady Jenkins, who did not want to speculate on what mightve happened to his dad.

Luckily, this isnt a 22-year-old, 23-year-old trying to do this. Hes an older guy, hes been around a little bit, defensive line coach Mike Trgovac said Wednesday. Let me just tell you this much (about) Cullen: There are certain players that maybe have some problems like youre talking about with his dad and the injuries but when they get on the football field, thats what they love, thats what they live for, thats their life. Thats when they're able to get into their zone, their own little place.

Thats the way Cullen is, too. When he gets on that football field and theres been times when I get on him about you need to practice harder here or you need to do this better -- when he gets on that football field, what you can count on is 100 percent. Hes very bright; he doesnt make a lot of mistakes. Youre going to get 100 percent of him, no matter what the distractions are. I think guys like that, thats kind of the easy part of what they have to do. They get in there and thats when they feel the most comfortable.

Jenkins has set aside a Super Bowl ticket for his dad as of Wednesday, he was deciding whether to leave it at the will-call window or give it to one of his other family members who will attend the game. He first brought up the situation with his father during Tuesdays Media Day, hoping his father might see a story about him and realize what he was missing.

I have a ticket for him still that Ive been saving, keeping it just in case I hear from him or do hear anything before the game, said Jenkins, whose wife Pashun and daughters Jasmin and Ashanti are scheduled to arrive Thursday and will attend the game, along with Jenkins in-laws and other family. He hasnt told his daughters that their grandfather is missing.

Its a tough situation, but youve just got to try not to think about it too much. Just focus on everything else and try to stay busy with everything else. Obviously youre concerned for his safety, concerned about how he is, his state, everything. Weve just got to wait and let it play itself out. Theres nothing much I can do from right here.


"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
macbob
14 years ago
It's got to be hard to focus with all that uncertainty. You've got to figure Cullen would love to have his dad watching him play in the Super Bowl.

On the plus side of the publicity, you know the press in Hawaii will be beating the bushes seeing if they can track him down. Hopefully, everything will work our well (and before Sunday).
Kingkoopa
14 years ago
Sad story, my prayers go out to him and his family.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
If I was a coach for Cullen, I'd tell him, Cullen, dad's watching, you feel that, you know that, go out there n play your heart out like you always do, make him even more proud that when you do find him, you guys sit down and enjoy watching you taking over Super Bowl XLV and explain to him how you earned Super Bowl MVP.



Many of us share the misfortune of losing someone close. Mom has been gone for just shy of three years and yesterday at work out of the blue I went and read the comments on her obituary. There I was sitting at work, struggling to hold back tears. I hope that's something Cullen and Kris don't have to be conflicted with for many many many years to come.


Darome - go the Super Bowl, watch your son dominate! And on a lighter note, if you wish not to attend, I'll gladly sit in your seat.
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IronMan
14 years ago
Jim Polzin of the Wisconsin State Journal:

Cullen Jenkins' father is alive and well. A Honolulu police spokesperson told KITV that Darome Jenkins contacted them and wants his privacy



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RaiderPride
14 years ago

Jim Polzin of the Wisconsin State Journal:

Cullen Jenkins' father is alive and well. A Honolulu police spokesperson told KITV that Darome Jenkins contacted them and wants his privacy

"IronMan" wrote:



Link 



STRANGE!
""People Will Probably Never Remember What You Said, And May Never Remember What You Did. However, People Will Always Remember How You Made Them Feel."
Zero2Cool
14 years ago
I was thinking Dad an boys were on good terms. Thinking maybe I was wrong.
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macbob
14 years ago
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/03/good-news-for-packers-cullen-jenkins-his-father-has-been-found/ 

Good news for Packers Cullen Jenkins: His father has been found

Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins revealed at this weeks Super Bowl Media Day that he was growing increasingly concerned about the status of his father, whom he hadnt heard from since Christmas. But Jenkins got good news today.

A spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department told the Associated Press on Thursday that Jenkins father, Darome Jenkins, is safe and sound in Hawaii. Darome Jenkins has a residence in Hawaii, and police went there after media inquiries about him.

Its not clear why Jenkins hadnt contacted his two sons, Cullen and Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins.

He went out to Hawaii, Cullen told the Wisconsin State Journal this week, and we havent heard from him since he went out there. Its been a little over a month. . . . Obviously, youre concerned for his safety, concerned about how he is, his state, everything.

Darome Jenkins got sole custody of his two sons in 1981, when Cullen was 10 months old and Kris was 2, and raised them as a single father. Both players have cited their fathers tough love as a reason they became NFL players.

Cullen said this week that he has a ticket set aside and is still hoping his dad can make it to Dallas on Sunday for the Super Bowl.

NBCSports wrote:

go.pack.go.
14 years ago
Glad all is well, that would be a huge distraction. I can't imagine how it would feel to be in his situation.
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Since69
14 years ago

Jim Polzin of the Wisconsin State Journal:

Cullen Jenkins' father is alive and well. A Honolulu police spokesperson told KITV that Darome Jenkins contacted them and wants his privacy

"RaiderPride" wrote:



Link 

"IronMan" wrote:



STRANGE!



Very. I certainly hope that whatever really is going on isn't a huge distraction for Cullen. He was a beast in the Bears gave and Sunday we'll need that kind of focus.

I'm not as insensitive as that might have made me sound. I know that Cullen's relationship with his father is bigger than this game, but...
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