Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 11 | — |
| Success rate | 63.6% | — |
| Explosive run rate | 9.1% | — |
| Stuffed at the line | 0.0% | — |
| First downs | 3 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 1 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Mahdi's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Run direction12 carries
2025 charting · Arizona
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Mahdi’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted8 targets charted
Run direction53 carries
Career
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Arizona#25 · 5-1 | 2 | 10% | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | 63.6% | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.8% |
| 2025 | Arizona#29 · 9-4 | 13 | 43% | 134 | 859 | 6.4 | 4 | 45.3% | 17 | 119 | 1 | 5.8% |
| 2024 |  Texas State#51 · 8-5 | 12 | 43% | 183 | 991 | 5.4 | 4 | 46.9% | 24 | 195 | 2 | 7.0% |
| 2023 | Texas State#72 · 8-5 | 13 | 53% | 223 | 1331 | 6.0 | 10 | 48.6% | 20 | 275 | 1 | 7.3% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ismail Mahdi's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ismail Mahdi's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Northern Arizona | W 35–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2 | @ BYU | L 17–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 3 |  Northern Illinois | W 42–17 | — | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Washington State | W 34–24 | 6.2 | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |  Cincinnati | W 34–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ West Virginia | W 52–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 6.2 | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 12 | — |
| Yards | 72 | 534th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 6 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 10 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1613th / 1995 |
| Yards | 5 | 1842nd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 5 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · Northern Illinois | 64 | ~11 (3–21) | 2 | 17% |
| Wk 4 · Washington State | 74 | ~28 (19–36) | 11 | 38% |
| Season | 400 | 39 (27–48) | 13 | 10% |
Position Room
6 RBs on the Arizona roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kedrick Reescano | RB | SR | 72 | 262 | 3.6 | 4 | 9 | +0.07 |
| 24 | Quincy Craig | RB | SR | 24 | 186 | 7.8 | 1 | 8 | +0.32 |
| 44 | Antwan Roberts Jr. | RB | SR | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 2 | 1 | -0.12 |
| 21 | Ismail Mahdi | RB | SR | 12 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 1 | +0.38 |
| Wesley Yarbrough | RB | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | +0.01 | ||
| 27 | Lohgan Bottjer | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Arizona depth chart →