Rutgers DT Darius Hamilton still not giving up on One Direction

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CHICAGO — Darius Hamilton isn’t ready to give up on One Direction quite yet.

The music-loving Rutgers defensive tackle and six-year fan of one of the world’s most famous pop bands made a plea for the boys to get back together even as a reunion is starting to look less likely.

Rutgers defensive tackle Darius Hamilton made 11.5 tackles for loss in 2014 before redshirting last year for medical reasons. Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire

He has some backup options to blast over the locker-room speakers. And Hamilton truthfully is more focused right now on returning to full health and helping the Scarlet Knights get back to a bowl game under new coach Chris Ash. But he took a break from talking football at Big Ten media days to weigh in on the future of a group that he has taken some flack from teammates for unabashedly loving.

“Man, it’s a struggle to watch them go like this,” Hamilton said. “It was just the six-year …

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