U.S. Naval Academy
McCallum attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he played football and was the star tailback, punt returner and kick returner. In the second game of his senior year, he suffered a season ending injury to his ankle. McCallum was granted an additional season eligibility by the NCAA and the Naval Academy. During his time at Navy, he was a two-time consensus All-American and set an NCAA record with 7,172 career all-purpose yards. He is also the career rushing leader at Navy with 4,179 yards. He was a member of the US Naval Academy Midshipmen football team that traveled to the Rose Bowl site in 1983 to face the US Military Academy Cadets football team in Pasadena, California, and scored two touchdowns in Navy's 48–13 victory.
McCallum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
McCallum was a computer science major at the USNA and in 1986 held 16 football records there.
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