The Big Ten is considering playing a schedule that would start the week of Thanksgiving, per a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jeff Potrykus.
The pair of Nittany Lions were both selected as first-team All-Americans Tuesday.
Trevor Williams and AQ Shipley both signed new NFL contracts Monday night.
They won't play this fall, but the Nittany Lions still found a spot in this year's preseason AP Top 25 poll.
The former Penn State football star wide receiver will miss multiple weeks due to the injury.
"Furloughs at a minimum, are in our immediate future."