Andy McCollum Andrew Jon McCollum ( born June 2 , 1970 in Akron , Ohio ) is a former American football center who played 15 seasons in the National Football League for three different teams . He was signed by the Milwaukee Mustangs as a street free agent in 1994 . He played college football at Toledo . McCollum has also played for the New Orleans Saints , St . Louis Rams , and Detroit Lions . He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV . 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 Nutten and Adam Timmerman , and tackles Orlando Pace and Ryan Tucker , the Rams won the NFC west division 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 Nutten , 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 , Nutten 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 .