Education
McCollum attended GlenOak High School, in Canton, Ohio, from 2002 to 2006, where he played with current National Basketball Association center, and former Ohio State Buckeye, Kosta Koufos. In 2006, McCollum was joined on the team"s varsity squad by his younger brother, then a freshman, Chief Justice McCollum.
All-Mid-Central College Conference 2nd Team: (2006-2007)
All-Mid-Central College Conference Newcomer of the Year: (2006-2007)
All-Mid-Central College Conference 1st Team: (2007-2010)
4x All-Mid-Central College Conference
All-Mid-Central College Conference Player of the Year: (2009-2010)
4x-National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II All-American
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II All-American First Team: (2010).
Career
He is a 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall guard. McCollum played college basketball at Goshen College from 2006 to 2010. He was also named a first team National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II All-American in his senior season.
McCollum started his pro career in 2010 with the Israeli Premier League club Elitzur Netanya.
He spent the 2011-2012 season with the Israel 2nd Division club Hapoel Kfar Saba. He played with the Greek League club Apollon Patras during the 2012-2013 season.
He joined the Greek club Panionios for the 2013-2014 season. During the 2013-2014 season, he led both the Greek League and the 2nd tier European competition, the Eurocup, in scoring.
In July 2014, he joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2014 National Basketball Association Summer League.
Later that month he signed a one-year deal with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association. On January 30, 2015, he set the new single game scoring record in the Chinese Basketball Association, with 82 points scored. McCollum also added 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the same game, but his team, the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, lost the game to the Guangdong Southern Tigers, by a score of 129-119.
On September 5, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club Galatasaray.
McCollum"s younger brother, C. J. McCollum, is a professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association College Pro career.