Jeff Christensen

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jeff Christensen

| number = 11

| position = Quarterback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|8}}

| birth_place = Gibson City, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 202

| high_school = Gibson City

| college = Eastern Illinois

| draftyear = 1983

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 137

| pastteams =

• Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1983}})
• Los Angeles Rams (1984)*
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1984|1985}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1987}})
• Denver Broncos (1987)*
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1989}})*

| statlabel1 = TD-INT

| statvalue1 = 1-3

| statlabel2 = Yards

| statvalue2 = 297

| statlabel3 = QB Rating

| statvalue3 = 42.1

| pfr = ChriJe20

}}

Jeffrey Bruce Christensen (born January 8, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers and was selected in the fifth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-17-sp-16760-story.html|title=Free Agent Brown Quarterback Does Not Want for Confidence|first=United Press|last=International|date=August 17, 1986|publisher=|via=LA Times}}{{Cite web|url=http://football.dailyherald.com/article/20130826/sports/708269870/|title=Suburban QB guru helps area players excel|date=August 26, 2013}}

His son Jake played college football at Iowa and Eastern Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/columns/story?columnist=powers_scott&id=4545531|title=Powers: EIU's Christensen happy in Charleston|date=October 9, 2009|website=ESPN.com}}