This is a very inspirational story. Congratulations to this young man.

Liz Klimas of the Blaze reports.

College Football Player Who Was Paralyzed His Freshman Year Just Graduated. See the Two Amazing Things He Did Over the Weekend.

More than four years ago, Chris Norton made a tackle on a kickoff that would change his life. But on Saturday, Norton demonstrated how he didn’t let incredible hardship get in the way of his success.

On Oct. 16, 2010, playing for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, Norton as a freshman fractured his C3-C4 vertebrae and was paralyzed with a 3 percent chance he would ever move any of his limbs again, according to the SCI CAN Foundation.

Norton would spend the next four and a half years going through intensive therapy all with the goal of what happened Saturday in mind. That goal was being able to walk across his college graduation stage.

His girlfriend Emily Summers helped pull up the business management major from his wheelchair, his hands shaking as he stood with the crowd cheering encouragement. With support from the Summers, who (spoiler alert) became his fiancee over the weekend, Norton put one foot in front of the other and walked forward to receive his diploma.