2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - In The 2nd Quarter through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 151 | 105 | 69.5 | 1331 | 10 | 5 | 158.83 | 44 | 62 | 42 | 10 |
| 2 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 140 | 85 | 60.7 | 1131 | 14 | 5 | 154.43 | 56 | 61 | 24 | 9 |
| 3 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 12 | 135 | 81 | 60.0 | 1102 | 10 | 2 | 150.05 | 60 | 47 | 27 | 8 |
| 4 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 14 | 117 | 64 | 54.7 | 874 | 6 | 5 | 125.82 | 56 | 32 | 28 | 7 |
| 5 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 13 | 114 | 68 | 59.6 | 870 | 8 | 2 | 143.41 | 51 | 37 | 23 | 11 |
| 6 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 10 | 121 | 75 | 62.0 | 752 | 5 | 5 | 119.57 | 50 | 37 | 16 | 8 |
| 7 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 11 | 105 | 62 | 59.0 | 711 | 8 | 4 | 133.45 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 9 | 89 | 53 | 59.6 | 654 | 3 | 2 | 127.90 | 62 | 28 | 11 | 5 |
| 9 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 10 | 96 | 54 | 56.3 | 558 | 4 | 1 | 116.75 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 4 |
| 10 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 74 | 37 | 50.0 | 507 | 3 | 2 | 115.52 | 82 | 26 | 12 | 2 |
| 11 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 10 | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 331 | 2 | 1 | 144.02 | 47 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 10 | 50 | 20 | 40.0 | 230 | 1 | 2 | 77.24 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 3 | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 223 | 3 | 0 | 160.81 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 3 | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 158 | 1 | 2 | 126.53 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 254.80 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 4 | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 80.12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 175.53 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 517.40 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 35.32 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 3 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 47.42 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Linell Bonner | Houston | JR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 850.00 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 263.73 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 214.72 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 100.40 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 38.99 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | D'Eriq King | Houston | FR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 556.00 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Dane Roy | Houston | FR | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 446.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | D'Ernest Johnson | S Florida | JR | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||