There were times, Rodney McLeod admits now, when he wasn’t sure “I had it in me” to recover from a torn ACL suffered in December 2020 in time to play during the 2021 Eagles season. The long hours of rehab that translated to mini-steps of recovery seemed like such a mountain to climb for McLeod, who had suffered the same injury in 2018 and also had come back from a rotator cuff injury a season later.

Rodney McLeod’s impactful work in the community was once again on center stage as the safety was named the recipient of the 2022 NFLPA Alan Page Community Award in Los Angeles, the site of Super Bowl LVI, on Wednesday.

Rodney McLeod has been named the Week 14 NFLPA Community MVP after raising $205,000 while collecting 250 new pairs of sneakers and 150 toys for local families in need at his inaugural Art & Sole Sneaker Ball.