Linebacker, Purdue (from Western Kentucky), 2015–17
T.J. McCollum
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Hometown
- Birmingham, AL
T.J. McCollum played linebacker at Western Kentucky (2015–16) and Purdue (2017).
Career highs
12tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Minnesota, 2017Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2015 and 2016
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 85 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | Purdue | 69 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Career | 154 | 88 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | Team | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UAB | 11 of 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 11 of 14 | 54 | 33 | 87 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 6 | LB | ||
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 6 | LB | ||
| 2017 | Purdue | 6 | LB | 6′3″ | 235 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2017 Purdue 9 games, 69 tackles, 3 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Louisville | L 28–35 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Ohio | W 44–21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Missouri | W 35–3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Michigan | L 10–28 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Minnesota | W 31–17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Northwestern | L 13–23 | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at Iowa | W 24–15 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Indiana | W 31–24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Arizona | W 38–35 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Western Kentucky 11 games, 85 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Rice | W 46–14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Alabama | L 10–38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Miami (OH) | W 31–24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Vanderbilt | L 30–31 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Middle Tennessee | W 44–43 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Old Dominion | W 59–24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Florida Atlantic | W 52–3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Florida International | W 49–21 | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. North Texas | W 45–7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Marshall | W 60–6 | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 58–44 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2015 Western Kentucky 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | vs. Southern Miss | W 45–28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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