as a junior at lockport township, christensen gathered first-team all-area, all-conference, and all-state en route to leading his prep team to their second straight class 8a state title, the first of the 10 year state title streak. as a senior, christensen earned first-team all-state and all-conference honors and garnered all-american support from usa today, superprep, rivals.com, and parade magazine. he was also named illinois player of the year by the "champaign news-gazette". christensen played in the 2005 u.s. army all-american bowl.