Texas was without one of its top offensive pieces in its 38-24 first-round College Football Playoff win over Clemson, but it will be getting a nice boost ahead of the Peach Bowl quarterfinal matchup against Arizona State.

ESPN reports that the talented Alabama transfer will play in this week's College Football Playoff quarterfinal in Atlanta.

We have hit a point in the College Football Playoff where every team remaining that is in a conference was a contender to win it late in the season, and that championship quality will be put to the test when Big 12 champion Arizona State squares off against SEC runner-up Texas in the Peach Bowl quarterfinal.

Jaydon Blue ran for 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff.

Does the Arizona State football team have one more upset in it? Time will tell. The Sun Devils (11-2) will take on Texas (12-2) in Wednesday's Peach Bowl, which is serving as a College Football quarterfinal.

Scouting report, betting odds, time, TV/radio information and key matchups for Longhorns-Sun Devils, a CFP quarterfinal playoff game.

Steve Sarkisian and his Texas Longhorns are set to match up against Kenny Dillingham and the red hot Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl quarterfinals game of the College F

Texas football can return to the College Football Playoff semifinals with a win over Arizona in the Peach Bowl. The Longhorns enter the New Year’s Day clash after a dominant victory over Clemson in the first round of the twelve-team bracket.