McCollum is in his fifth season on the Purdue staff, including his first as a defensive analyst. He previously spent one season as a recruiting associate and three seasons as a graduate assistant for the Boilermakers.
McCollum played collegiately as a linebacker for Jeff Brohm both at Western Kentucky (2015-16) and Purdue (2017). In his lone season with the Boilermakers, he started all 13 games and helped lead Purdue to its first postseason appearance since 2012 and a win over Arizona at the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl He was on a pair of Conference USA championship teams (2015-16) with the Hilltoppers and started for the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl and 2016 Boca Raton Bowl championship teams. He was a two-time All-C-USA honoree at WKU. After college, he played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and was in mini camps with the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos.
He graduated from WKU with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on business in 2016 and from Purdue with a master's degree in leadership in 2018.
McCollum played collegiately as a linebacker for Jeff Brohm both at Western Kentucky (2015-16) and Purdue (2017). In his lone season with the Boilermakers, he started all 13 games and helped lead Purdue to its first postseason appearance since 2012 and a win over Arizona at the 2017 Foster Farms Bowl He was on a pair of Conference USA championship teams (2015-16) with the Hilltoppers and started for the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl and 2016 Boca Raton Bowl championship teams. He was a two-time All-C-USA honoree at WKU. After college, he played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and was in mini camps with the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos.
He graduated from WKU with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on business in 2016 and from Purdue with a master's degree in leadership in 2018.