Texas QB Maalik Murphy enters transfer portal before CFP

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The Texas Longhorns will be without their No. 2 quarterback for their College Football Playoff semifinal against the Washington Huskies, as Maalik Murphy is entering the transfer portal.

Murphy told ESPN of his decision on Wednesday.

The redshirt freshman started twice for the third-ranked Longhorns (12-1) this season in place of an injured Quinn Ewers. Murphy would have bac