Drew Brees became involved in the lives of inspiring friends Brian McKenna and Jackson Smith last year, thanks to a pair of cardboard cutouts.
Last week, the New Orleans Saints quarterback reunited with the duo in person on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" for an episode that aired Monday.
Smith is a former Marine officer who served in Afghanistan. And while he was away in 2010, McKenna found a way to get Brees to pose for a picture with a cardboard cutout of Smith for a scrapbook his friends and family made for him.