Note: This story has been updated. Jenkins was contacted by Honolulu police.

Ypsilanti native Cullen Jenkins will play in front of more than 110,000 people in Sunday’s Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium, but he’s most concerned about the single seat he’s set aside for his father.

Jenkins doesn’t know if Darome Jenkins, a retired Ann Arbor Public School teacher, will watch his Green Bay Packers battle the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. In fact, the veteran defensive end isn’t sure where his father is.

“We just haven’t heard from him,” Jenkins said during a media session on Wednesday. “He went out to Hawaii and we haven’t heard from him since he went out there. It’s been a little over a month.”

That conversation led to numerous news reports that Darome Jenkins was missing. On Thursday, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported that Cullen Jenkins guardedly expanded on the family matter, hinting the lack of contact may stem from a disagreement.

Darome Jenkins moved to Hawaii after raising two future NFL players in a modest home in Ypsilanti’s West Willow subdivision, but it’s unusual that he hasn’t been in contact with his sons since Christmas. Cullen said Darome’s cell phone has been disconnected.

The Ann Arbor News profiled the Jenkins family in 2003, shortly after Cullen signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent. Kris Jenkins had just played in the Pro Bowl after his second season with the Carolina Panthers and Darome Jenkins was a drama teacher at Forsythe Middle School.

Darome Jenkins, who played football at Eastern Michigan and coached at Willow Run and Whitmore Lake high schools, was fresh out of graduate school at EMU when he gained full custody of the boys. Cullen was 10 months old, his brother nearly 3.

"I'm proud of them not because they're football players, I'm proud of them as men, " Darome said in an interview with the News. "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."

Cullen Jenkins (6-2, 305) is in his seventh year with the Packers and considered one of the most underrated defensive ends in the NFL. Kris Jenkins (6-4, 360), now a defensive tackle with the New York Jets, is a three-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection. Both attended Belleville High School.

Cullen Jenkins told media members that he has a Super Bowl ticket for his father that he’ll either leave at will call or with another family member on game day.

He hopes it gets used.

“You get a little worried, you know, you haven’t heard from him at all and you wonder if he’s all right,” he said.