Each week of the season, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) selects a player who shows outstanding dedication to off-field service through its Community MVP Program. Eagles defensive back Michael Carter II has earned the honor for Week 8 after holding his foundation's third "Baby Shower on the Block" event of the year last week on October 20th, hosting more than 100 community members, new mothers, expectant mothers, and their families.
The Michael Carter II Foundation hosts Baby Shower on the Block as part of its Maternal Health Program, addressing barriers mothers and families experience in healthcare.
The goal of Baby Shower on the Block? To make sure mothers don't enter motherhood feeling unprepared or invisible, according to Carter’s website. The events hold educational panels on health, fatherhood, motherhood, and more, while distributing supplies like car seats and diapers.
The defensive back launched the foundation with his parents, Donna and Michael Carter Sr., in 2025. The three Baby Shower on the Block events have distributed more than 15,000 supplies to families in need this year alone. At an event in July, Carter and his wife, Alli, who is a labor and delivery nurse, donated 3,000 diapers to mothers in need back in Carter's home state of Georgia.
The foundation supports youth development and safety, partnering with high schools and first responders in local communities. Youth Football Camps will be a new addition to the foundation in 2027.
Carter is the first Eagle honored as a Community MVP by the NFLPA since former Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean in Week 9 of 2025. The NFLPA has donated $10,000 to the Michael Carter II Foundation in honor of the recognition.
Because Carter was chosen as the Week 8 NFLPA Community MVP, he is now eligible for the Alan Page Community Award, an annual honor given by the NFLPA in recognition for a player's commitment to community service. The NFLPA donates a $100,000 investment to the winning player's charity. In 2022, Eagles safety Rodney McLeod was the recipient of the Alan Page Community Award.
Carter joins Laremy Tunsil, Travon Walker, Shedeur Sanders, Mack Hollins, Justin Jefferson, Hunter Henry, and LaQuon Treadwell as the NFLPA's Community MVPS of 2026 so far.
A fifth-round pick by the Jets in 2021, the former Duke Blue Devil joined the Eagles via a trade with New York in 2025.
Learn more about the Michael Carter II Foundation here.
– Written by Caroline Connor
During the NFL season, the Eagles host events in the community featuring players, Eagles Cheerleaders, SWOOP, and more. Check out photos of Eagles in the Community so far this season!
DB Kenny Moore II creating bracelets with kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County and Dream Drive at the Eagles' Fall Fest in collaboration with Silvi Materials - October 27, 2026
QB Cole Payton with a "Go Birds" pumpkin at Lincoln Financial Field - October 27, 2026
In collaboration with Silvi Materials, SWOOP and the Eagles Cheerleaders welcoming the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County and Dream Drive to the Eagles' Fall Fest at Lincoln Financial Field. Activities included Carnival games, bungee jump, corn maze, face painting, pumpkin decorating and candy bag decorating, and more - October 27, 2026
T Markel Bell and T Fred Johnson poising with guests from the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County and Dream Drive - October 27, 2026
C/G Jake Majors designing a tote bag with a child from the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County - October 27, 2026
QB Cole Payton decorating pumpkins with the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County and Dream Drive at Lincoln Financial Field - October 27, 2026
WR Darius Cooper with Delaware high school girls flag football players at a Positive Coaching Alliance workshop at Lincoln Financial Field - October 6, 2026
SWOOP takes the podium at a Positive Coaching Alliance workshop at Lincoln Financial Field - October 6, 2026
WR Darius Cooper, SWOOP, Eagles legend Fred Barnett, and Eagles Cheerleaders at a Positive Coaching Alliance workshop at Lincoln Financial Field - October 6, 2026
SWOOP sitting with Delaware high school girls flag football players - October 6, 2026
WR Darius Cooper doing a workshop exercise with a Delaware high school girls flag football player at Lincoln Financial Field - October 6, 2026
WR Darius Cooper, SWOOP, and Eagles Cheerleaders attending AED/CPR training from the American Heart Association at Olney High School - September 29, 2026.
WR Darius Cooper attending AED/CPR training from the American Heart Association at Olney High School - September 29, 2026.
SWOOP at Olney High School - September 29, 2026.
WR Darius Cooper particpating in AED/CPR training from the American Heart Association at Olney High School - September 29, 2026.
WR Darius Cooper attending AED/CPR training from the American Heart Association at Olney High School - September 29, 2026.
WR Donyavion Wicks, LS Rocco Underwood, SWOOP, Dave Spadaro, and Eagles Cheerleaders hosting a Mobile JR Pro presented by ACME & Kellogg's at Stephen Decatur - September 22, 2026.
LS Rocco Underwood overseeing a drill for Mobile JR Pro presented by ACME & Kellogg's at Stephen Decatur - September 22, 2026.
RB Will Shipley celebrating with Mobile JR Pro participants at Stephen Decatur - September 22, 2026.
WR Dontavion Wicks high-fiving a particpant at Stephen Decatur - September 22, 2026.
RB Will Shipley with Special Olympics athletes during a unified flag football practice at Jefferson Health Training Complex - September 15, 2026.
WR Darius Cooper, SWOOP, and Eagles Cheerleaders posing with Special Olympics athletes - September 15, 2026.
SWOOP getting an autograph by a Special Olympics flag football player - September 15, 2026.
RB Will Shipley going over unified flag football plays with Special Olympics athletes - September 15, 2026.
RB Will Shipley posing with Special Olympics athletes after unified flag football practice at the Jefferson Health Training Complex - September 15, 2026.
