Abdur-Rahkman was born on September 1, 1994 in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Dawud and Tammy Abdur-Rahkman. He has a sister, Nailah, and a brother, Shahad. Dawud was an assistant men's basketball coach at Muhlenberg College and Shahad played college basketball at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Abdur-Rahkman was a four-time PIAA Class AAA All-State selection—first team, second team —for Allentown Central Catholic High School. Dawud became the head men's basketball coach at Lehigh Carbon Community College in 2017. Abdur-Rahkman received over 30 scholarship offers, mostly from second tier programs. As a result, he waited until the late signing period of his senior season in hopes of getting the attention of a major program. Former college basketball coach Dave Rooney had been a friend of John Beilein when the two were both young coaches and recommended that Beilein consider Abdur-Rahkman. In addition to his scholarship offers, Abdur-Rahkman also had serious interest from Boston College, Pitt and Penn State and was expected to land at one of those schools had Michigan not made him an offer.
Abdur-Rahkman matriculated to the University of Michigan where he became roommates with Aubrey Dawkins. He made his NCAA debut for Michigan against on November 15 along with 6 other true freshmen and a redshirt freshman, but was held scoreless. He scored his first points on December 9 in a loss to Eastern Michigan. On January 17, 2015 in his first career start, Abdur-Rahkman made the three point shot that provided the margin of victory against Northwestern. On January 27 against Nebraska, Abdur-Rahkman moved into the starting lineup when Derrick Walton went down with an injury. Walton remained sidelined the rest of the season. On February 1, Abdur-Rahkman posted a career-high 18 points in the rivalry game against Michigan State, but Michigan lost in overtime. On March 12, Abdur-Rahkman tallied 15 points and a career-high eight rebounds against Illinois in the second round of the 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to help Michigan extend its streak of opening round wins in the tournament to nine.
Sophomore season
On January 7, 2016, Abdur-Rahkman scored a career-high 25 points against Purdue. On January 12 with leading scorer Caris LeVert sidelined, Abdur-Rahkman started as Michigan defeated #3 Maryland 70-67. Abdur-Rahkman posted a game-high four assists. On February 10, Michigan defeated Minnesota behind a perfect shooting night from Abdur-Rakman for 16 points. In the February 21, rematch against Maryland, Michigan lost 82–86, despite a 16 points, nine assists and three steals from Abdur-Rahkman. On March 16 in the First Four round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan defeated Tulsa, 67–62, behind a team-high 16 points from Abdur-Rahkman, his fifth consecutive double digit performance. He started in 25 games and was one of four Wolverines to play in all 36 games for the 2015-16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.
On December 2, Michigan defeated Indiana 69-55 in its Big Ten conference opener as Abdur Rahkman posted a career-high 11 rebounds. Abdur-Rahkman's first career double-double, helped Michigan defeat Texas 59-52 on December 12. 2017. On December 30 Michigan defeated Jacksonville 76-51 as Abdur-Rahkman posted his first 20-point performance of the season on 7-for-7 shooting from the field. On January 15, 2018, Abdur-Rahkman scored his 1,000th point on a pair of game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining in a 68-67 win against Maryland. On January 25, Abdur-Rahkman posted a then career-high 26 points in an 88-92 loss to Purdue. On February 3 against Minnesota, Abdur-Rahkman posted 17 points, including a three-point play with 3.8 seconds remaining, to give Michigan a 76-73 overtime victory. On his senior day on February 18, Abdur-Rahkman led Michigan to a 74-62 victory over Ohio State. Prior to the game Michigan honored seniors Abdur-Rahkman, and Duncan Robinson, graduate student Jaaron Simmons and undergraduate student assistant Austin Hatch. On February 24, Abdur-Rahkman posted a career-high 28 points in an 85-61 victory over Maryland in the regular season finale. Following the 2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season, Abdur-Rahkman ranked second nationally with a 5.0 assists/turnover ratio and was named an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and the media. On March 2, Michigan defeated Nebraska 77-58 in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with 21 points, who became the second player in the history of the Big Ten ConferenceMen's Basketball Tournament to be perfect on at least 5 three-point shots in a single game. In the March 4, 2018 Big Ten Tournament championship game against Purdue, Abdur-Rahkman scored 15 points to help lead Michigan to their second consecutive Big Ten Tournament championship. He was named the All-tournament team. Rahkman averaged 15.0 points per game, shot 64.7% on three-point shots and had a 5.5:1 assist-to-turnover ration during the tournament. Abdur-Rahkman, who posted a game-high 12 points, was the main ballhandler on a set play from the defensive baseline with 3.6 seconds left in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament second-round game against Houston on March 17, 2018 and got the assist by setting up Jordan Poole for a buzzer beater three point shot resulting in a 64–63 win and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. Abdur-Rahkman, who averaged 14.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the first four games of the NCAA tournament, was joined by Matthews and Wagner on the West Region All-tournament team. On April 2, Michigan lost to Villanova 62-79 in the National Championship Game. Michigan was led by Abdur-Rahkman with 23 points, who finished his collegiate career as Michigan's all-time leader in games played with 144 games.
Professional career
Canton Charge (2018–present)
Prior to the 2018 NBA draft, Abdur-Rahkman was only able to work out with one team due to a broken foot, ultimately going undrafted. On October 4, 2018, he signed with the Canton Charge of the NBA G League. He posted 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the season opener on November 3 against the Wisconsin Herd.
