The Class of 2023 wideout originally committed to Penn State in June after decommitting from Rutgers in May.
With a win, Brown or Porter would become the program's first Thorpe Award recipient.
Tight ends Brenton Strange and Theo Johnson joined the Mackey Award's list, while center Juice Scruggs was tabbed for the Rimington Trophy's.
Penn State is one of just three college football programs to boast two nominees to the award's watch list.
No undergraduate students with household incomes of $75,000 or less would see a tuition increase this year, under the proposal.
The Labor Department's lawsuit alleges Lupita's transported employees from outside the U.S. and intimidated them into working off debts for unjustly lowered wages.