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Darius Hamilton: There was no shot of me leaving Rutgers football

Keith Hamilton didn’t like the tone of his son’s voice, so the worried father and former NFL star pulled his car over to the side of the road to brace for the kind of news that would have devastated Rutgers football fans.

Was Darius Hamilton – the five-star recruit who stayed home to play for Rutgers – unhappy after a total overhaul of the coaching staff entering his final season?

“He said, ‘Dad, I’ve got to get something off my chest. I’ve got to tell you something,” Keith recalled.

“Then he said, ‘I couldn’t be more excited about these coaches.