2014 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
5:30 PM
Wesley Christensen
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chico, Calif.
- High School:
- Pleasant Valley/Butte
AT COLORADO: 2014 (Sr.) - He appeared in all 12 games on special teams, and in several on offense though he didn’t make any receptions. He had 11 special team points on the strength of 10 knockdown blocks and a play where he snuffed out a potential fake punt. He was presented with the Derek Singleton Award after the season by the coaches, as the recipient displays great spirit, dedication and enthusiasm. In the four main spring scrimmages, he caught seven passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 15.9 yards per with a long of 48. The coaches selected him as the recipient of the inaugural Sal Aunese Award for the spring, presented to the player in their estimation who was the most “uncommon.”
2013 (Jr.) - He saw limited action in 11 games, primarily on special teams (he did not play at UCLA). He caught four passes for 30 yards in the four main spring scrimmages. He transferred to CU from Butte College for the spring semester and joined the team as a walk-on; he had three years to play two in eligibility.
AT BUTTE (2011/2012, Fr./Soph.) - He earned two letters at wide receiver and long snapper for Butte College in Oroville, Calif., helping his team to a 10-1 record both seasons and the 2012 NorCal Championship. Butte, under coach Jeff Jordan, was the second ranked team in the nation his sophomore year, when he caught 11 passes for 148 yards (13.4 per) and a touchdown. He also threw one pass, completing it for 28 yards and a TD. As a freshman, he hauled in nine passes for 150 yards (16.7) and a score.
HIGH SCHOOL - As a senior, he had 16 receptions for 344 yards (21.5 average), with three rushes for 65 yards (21.7 per) and a touchdown; he had 18 receptions for 238 yards (13.2) and a touchdown as a junior. His top games as a senior came against Enterprise, catching four passes for 96 yards in a 28-21 loss, and then three for 95 yards in the rematch, a 28-7 setback. PVHS was 8-4 his senior year under coach Sterling Jackson and was 5-5 his junior season under coach Bill Haley. He also lettered once in track (sprints), with prep bests of 11.42 in the 100-meter run and 23.4 in the 200.
ACADEMICS - He is majoring in Geology (Geophysics track) at Colorado; he is scheduled to graduate in May 2015. A member of the Honor Roll his junior and senior years in high school.
PERSONAL - He was born March 23, 1992 in Chico, Calif. He has earned his pilot’s license and flies regularly when he has the chance, and other hobbies include hunting, fishing and four-wheeling in his jeep.
