Ismail Mahdi knows his way around a defense. Now, he is learning his way around a kitchen.
Just months after graduating from the University of Arizona, the former Wildcats running back has stepped into a role no playbook could have prepared him for: co-owner of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on Thornydale Road in Tucson.
It is a long way from the football field, but for Mahdi, the transition was always part of the plan…