Education
Peter played soccer and football at Sacred Heart-Griffin He holds the Central State 8 Conference"s record for longest field goals with a 46 yarder. He was a three year starter on the soccer team His senior year he was named All-state in soccer as well as football.
He led the soccer team to the 1999 tournament and was named Most Valuable Player.
To this day he still holds the school record in soccer goals with 123.In his senior year he played in the All-Star game for Central Illinois. He was the captain of the North Team.
He was a Two-time Adidas soccer All-American. Peter was a member of the Olympic Development Program and was chosen for the soccer national team
At the age of 15 Peter was given an opportunity to play professional soccer in Greece but turned it down to focus on his education.
Christofilakos attended the University of Illinois.
He was a member of the team from 1999 to 2002. In 2001, Christofilakos only missed one field goal. He decided to skip his senior season and enter the 2003 NFL Draft.
In 2003, he was a member of the University of Illinois soccer team and led the American Midwest Conference in scoring with 23 goals.
