Ty Norgren: Injured Warrior Fights Through the Pain to win MVP Honors.

Our BSN Downriver League MVP has been crowned, and it belongs to Trenton Quarterback Ty Norgren. Norgren led Trenton to their best league finish since 2015 when they won a share of the league title, and the best finish in total since 1998, when they made it to the class BB-Semifinals. Norgren won the award by completing 28 of his 57 passes for 523 yards and seven touchdowns; however, it was with his feet that he added his MVP-caliber play, rushing 100 times for 816 yards and ten touchdowns. 

What makes all of this crazy is he did that all on a partially torn MCL that he suffered against Taylor on the opening kickoff. That injury forced him out of the first half of the first meeting with Carlson, but he did come in for two drives in the second half. Norgren talked about the injury saying, “It was tough,” that wasn’t the only time he injured his knee this year as he would say that he sprained his other MCL the year prior and went through physical therapy. How did he get back to being able to play at a high level this season? Norgren said he would go to physical therapy at 6 am before school, go to school, and do stuff with the trainer at practice. That was all during that week of Carlson, which was their only league loss. Norgren said, “I wasn’t going to sit out more than one game because I knew I couldn’t.” That’s the type of player Norgren is, a leader, and that’s just what his teammate Austin Toth said as he described Norgren as a “great leader.” Toth would describe Norgren’s leadership style as a “get on you and push you the type of leader. 

Norgren also gave credit to second-year Head Coach Reggie Glon. Norgren said in a tweet that not enough credit has gone to Coach Glon. Norgren went on to say that he learned a lot from Glon. As Norgren put it, Coach Glon would be at the school at 6 am every day for quarterback meetings, full-on team meetings, or even early practices. With the late hire of Glon in 2021, they were finally able to get the whole experience this year. Norgren said, “We were able to build a program,” he continued by saying, “the weight room was huge for us.” If Glon laid the foundation, Norgren helped take it to the next step, even if no one saw it. 

After Norgren won the MVP, he said of the honor, “I’ve always seen it, but I never thought it was in reach,” he went on to say, “When I got hurt early in the season, I didn’t think the stats would be there,” with that you could tell that the emotion was there for Norgren. Still, his stats picked up as he got healthier, and he would say, “We got rolling as a team, and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.” The MVP is an individual award, but as Norgen put it, “Yea, the MVP goes to me, but it’s a whole team award.” He would add, “I run the offense, but what would I be without my defense, line, or skill, guys?” He described the feeling of winning the award, though, as crazy, saying, “I didn’t expect it. I thought I was just going to be a captain and lead the team to a great season.” 

Norgren may have been injured and not been at his highest this season he still put in the work, and as he said, “To know that the work I put in every day paid off, and to know the community, and the league has my back it’s special.” While he isn’t committed to college yet, he did say it was on his mind, and the Dual-Threat QB already has an offer from Mount Union, and he will get more which means you will see another one of our BSN MVP’s on a college field somewhere next season.