2023 Football Roster

Ben Ennis
Ben Ennis
Ivan Konon/Georgia State Athletics
Ivan Konon/Georgia State Athletics
Grant Nichols
Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson

17 Shamar McCollum

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hamer, S.C.
  • High School Dillon/Wake Forest

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

AT GEORGIA STATE: Outside linebacker who joined the GSU program in 2021 as a transfer from Wake Forest, where he played two seasons ... Has 23 career TFL, including 16.5 TFL and 8.5 sacks in three seasons at GSU.
    
2023: Collected 30 tackles including three for loss and a sack with three quarterback hits...Had five tackles and a sack at Old Dominion...Tallied a tackle for loss at Charlotte...Recorded five tackles at Georgia Southern and four tackles vs. James Madison

2022: Tied for second on the team with 4.5 sacks and nine TFL among his 45 tackles ... Had 5.5 TFL, including three sacks, over the last five games ... Made two tackles for loss with one sack at James Madison ... Combined for 2.5 TFL in back-to-back strong defensive performances against Old Dominion, which GSU held to 26 yards rushing and 283 yards, and Southern Miss, helping the Panthers set school record by allowing just 202 total yards ... Opened the season with 1.5 TFL, including a shared sack, at South Carolina.
    
2021: Collected 4.5 tackles for loss, including three sacks, off the bench ... Had his best game vs. Texas State two fourth-quarter sacks, causing a fumble on the second one ... Also had a sack in win at ULM ... Added tackles for loss against Army and North Carolina.
    
AT WAKE FOREST (2019-20): Saw action in 18 games in two seasons and collected 24 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss and two sacks ... Played in six games in 2020 and made 10 tackles with two tackles for loss ... Career-high four tackles vs. NC State ... Two stops with one TFL vs. North Carolina ... Lettered as a true freshman in 2019, when he made 14 tackles in 11 games ... Had sacks against North Carolina and Elon and tackles for los against Rice and Michigan State ... Enrolled at Wake Forest in January 2019.
    
HIGH SCHOOL: Standout at Dillon (S.C.) High School ... Rated the No.. 2 player in South Carolina by Rivals and No. 4 by ESPN ...  Named second-team All-USA South Carolina ... Invited to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, where he had five tackles, a pass breakup and a blocked punt that set up South Carolina’s game-tying touchdown ... Helped Dillon to a 15-0 season and the 3A state title as a junior and then back to the state finals as a senior ... Made 73 tackles with 8.5 sacks as a senior ... Named Class 3A Lower State Back of the Year by the SC Football Coaches Association ... Eye-popping stats as a junior with 97 tackles, 40 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and 12 pass breakups ... Credited with 80 tackles, 38 TFL and 15 sacks as a sophomore in 2016.
    
PERSONAL: Son of Tameika and Terrell Johnson.

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2021Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'4" 215 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2022Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'4" 225 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'4" 225 lbs
    17