Early years

McCollum attended Revere High School in Richfield, Ohio.

New Orleans Saints

McCollum was a center for the New Orleans Saints from 1994 to 1999.

St. Louis Rams

In his first year with the Rams (1999), McCollum was a reserve offensive lineman of the winning team of Super Bowl XXXIV. McCollum took over from Mike Gruttadauria as the starting center for the St. Louis Rams in his second year with that team (2000), the first under first-time NFL head coach Mike Martz, their offensive coordinator of the previous year. Thanks to a strong offensive line of McCollum, guards Tom Nütten and Adam Timmerman, and tackles Orlando Pace and Ryan Tucker, the Rams won a wildcard playoff birth with a 10-6 won-lost record and 540 points scored (33.8 points per game, 1st in the NFL), but lost a wild card game of the 2000-01 NFL playoffs to the New Orleans Saints, despite Kurt Warner's 365 yards in the air, the offensive line allowing 2 sacks for 15 yards. The following year, the Rams' record was a powerful 14-2 and 503 points scored (31.4 points per game, 1st in the NFL), winning the west division title again. In the 2001-02 NFL playoffs with the same offensive line except for Rod Jones (offensive lineman) replacing Tucker at right tackle, St. Louis won the dividional round game against the Green Bay Packers and the NFC championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles with over 200 net passing yards in each game. However, the Rams lost Super Bowl XXXVI to the New England Patriots, despite 337 net passing yards. In 2002, Warner was injured for most of the year, replaced by Marc Bulger, less effective as the Rams missed the playoffs with a record of 7-9.

With Bulger as the new quarterback, and Warner in reserve, St. Louis came back strong in 2003 with a 12-4 record, 1st in the NFC west, and 447 points scored (27.9 points/game), 2nd in the NFL. But in the 2003-04 NFL playoffs, the Rams lost to the Carolina Panthers in the divisional round, despite 316 net passing yards. In that game, as well as throughout the year, McCollum played left guard in place of the injured Nütten, with Dave Wohlabaugh at center. In 2004, with Bulger as the regular starter and McCollum back at center, the team was only 8-8, but still qualified for a wild card game in the 2004-05 NFL playoffs, beating the Seattle Seahawks with the same basic offensive line (McCollum at center, Nütten and Timmerman at guards, Pace and a new offensive right tackle, Blaine Saipaia. But the Rams lost 47-17 in the divisional round to the Atlanta Falcons, as they could not control Michael Vick's running and passing. The Rams did not make the playoffs in McCollum's last 3 years with the team, up to 2007, when their record was a dismal 3-13.

McCollum started all 16 games for 6 years from 2000 to 2005, but played and started in 1 game in 2006 and started in 10 games in 2007. In 2006, he was replaced as the starting center by Richie Incognito. But Incognito was injured through most of 2007, starting in 4 games, and so McCollum returned briefly as the starter. In 2008, Incognito became the starting right guard and Brett Romberg among others became the center.

Detroit Lions

McCollum ended his career in 2008, starting 4 games, playing in 12, for a Detroit Lions team that finished with a 0-16 record.

St. Louis Rams Super Bowl XXXIV Champions 2 Mike Horan 9 Joe Germaine 10 Trent Green 11 Rick Tuten 13 Kurt Warner (MVP) 14 Jeff Wilkins 16 Paul Justin 20 Taje Allen 21 Dexter McCleon 22 Billy Jenkins 23 Devin Bush 24 Ron Carpenter 25 Robert Holcombe 26 Clifton Crosby 28 Marshall Faulk 31 Amp Lee 32 Dré Bly 33 Derrick Harris 35 Keith Lyle 36 Justin Watson 38 Rich Coady 41 Todd Lyght 42 James Hodgins 45 Jeff Robinson 50 Ryan Tucker 51 Lorenzo Styles 52 Mike Jones 54 Todd Collins 56 Charlie Clemons 57 Leonard Little 58 Mike Morton 59 London Fletcher 60 Mike Gruttadauria 61 Tom Nütten 62 Adam Timmerman 63 John Flannery 64 Andy McCollum 71 Cameron Spikes 73 Fred Miller 75 D'Marco Farr 76 Orlando Pace 77 Matt Willig 80 Isaac Bruce 81 Az-Zahir Hakim 82 Tony Horne 83 Chris Thomas 84 Ernie Conwell 86 Roland Williams 87 Ricky Proehl 88 Torry Holt 89 Chad Lewis 90 Jeff Zgonina 91 Troy Pelshak 92 Lionel Barnes 93 Kevin Carter 95 Nate Hobgood-Chittick 96 Jay Williams 98 Grant Wistrom 99 Ray Agnew Head Coach: Dick Vermeil Coaches: Steve Brown John Bunting Sam Clark Frank Gansz Peter Giunta Carl Hairston Jim Hanifan Todd Howard Mike Martz John Matsko Wilbert Montgomery John Ramsdell Al Saunders Lynn Stiles Mike White

St. Louis Rams 10th Anniversary Team Offense QB Kurt Warner RB Marshall Faulk FB Robert Holcombe WR Isaac Bruce WR Torry Holt TE Ernie Conwell OT Orlando Pace OT Kyle Turley G Adam Timmerman G Tom Nütten C Andy McCollum Defense DE Leonard Little DE Grant Wistrom DT D'Marco Farr DT Ryan Pickett DT Tyoka Jackson LB London Fletcher LB Mike Jones LB Tommy Polley DB Aeneas Williams DB Dre' Bly DB Keith Lyle DB Adam Archuleta Special Teams K Jeff Wilkins P Sean Landeta PR Az-Zahir Hakim KR Tony Horne ST Dane Looker

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