Porter and Carlie Ellett: The Kansas City Chiefs' Left-Hand Man and How God Led Him to a Super Bowl

When Porter Ellett was 4 years old, he fell off the back of a truck and lost the use of his arm. Then as a teenager, he decided to have that arm amputated. Today, he is known around the NFL as “Lefty,” a nickname given to him after Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid began calling Porter his “left-hand man.” On this week’s episode, Porter and his wife, Carlie, share the story of why Porter has never let having one arm stop him from achieving his dreams—and how God paved the way for him to do represent something far more meaningful than football on the sport's biggest stage. 

"I believe what he does is super important, not the X's and O's and the winning of games, but professional football doesn't showcase a lot of people who are different. There's not a lot of people with disabilities at the professional sports level because it's the greatest in the world and so to have any sort of perceived weakness isn't going to be on your side. Having Porter on the football field and coaching I knew was so important for an entire community who doesn't get represented in professional sports."

02:38- Lifetime Chiefs Fan or No?

3:50- The Accident and Amputation

7:19- Adapting

9:18- What They See When They Stare

13:14- The New Era

18:04- A Dreamer and a Planner

23:38- A Call From Andy Reid

29:56- A Team At Home

40:30- Lessons from Coach Reid

48:14- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

Links-

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2021/02/04/gordon-monson-meet-utahs/

Videos of Porter- https://www.youtube.com/c/CarlieMcKeon

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2008/02/face-trials-with-smiles?lang=eng

https://magazine.byu.edu/article/left-hand-man/

President Nelson biography- https://deseretbook.com/p/insights-from-a-prophets-life-russell-m-nelson-by-sheri-dew?queryID=c106d5b6a9f400314814268d9057769d&variant;_id=172666-hardcover See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.