2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 4 | 167 | 122 | 73.1 | 1457 | 8.7 | 9 | 3 | 160.53 | 41.8 | 364.3 |
| 2 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 4 | 140 | 99 | 70.7 | 1325 | 9.5 | 8 | 2 | 166.21 | 35.0 | 331.3 |
| 3 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 5 | 147 | 92 | 62.6 | 1058 | 7.2 | 3 | 2 | 127.06 | 29.4 | 211.6 |
| 4 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 4 | 118 | 70 | 59.3 | 888 | 7.5 | 8 | 6 | 134.73 | 29.5 | 222.0 |
| 5 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 4 | 89 | 46 | 51.7 | 876 | 9.8 | 8 | 3 | 157.29 | 22.3 | 219.0 |
| 6 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 4 | 109 | 63 | 57.8 | 846 | 7.8 | 5 | 5 | 128.96 | 27.3 | 211.5 |
| 7 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 3 | 91 | 61 | 67.0 | 843 | 9.3 | 11 | 2 | 180.34 | 30.3 | 281.0 |
| 8 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 4 | 120 | 60 | 50.0 | 827 | 6.9 | 2 | 7 | 101.72 | 30.0 | 206.8 |
| 9 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 3 | 103 | 61 | 59.2 | 785 | 7.6 | 7 | 3 | 139.84 | 34.3 | 261.7 |
| 10 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 2 | 50 | 29 | 58.0 | 433 | 8.7 | 3 | 1 | 146.54 | 25.0 | 216.5 |
| 11 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 4 | 48 | 23 | 47.9 | 304 | 6.3 | 4 | 2 | 120.29 | 12.0 | 76.0 |
| 12 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 2 | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 278 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 | 108.38 | 20.0 | 139.0 |
| 13 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 3 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 267 | 11.6 | 1 | 0 | 172.74 | 7.7 | 89.0 |
| 14 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 2 | 39 | 17 | 43.6 | 212 | 5.4 | 2 | 0 | 106.17 | 19.5 | 106.0 |
| 15 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 5 | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 178 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 97.38 | 8.0 | 35.6 |
| 16 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 155 | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 150.71 | 17.0 | 155.0 |
| 17 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 4 | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 137 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 102.21 | 5.8 | 34.3 |
| 18 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 3 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 99 | 5.8 | 2 | 0 | 152.45 | 5.7 | 33.0 |
| 19 | Ryan Rubley | Tulsa | JR | QB | 1 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 76 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 156.84 | 10.0 | 76.0 |
| 20 | Tago Smith | Navy | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 478.00 | 1.0 | 45.0 |
| 21 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 3 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 44 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 56.29 | 6.3 | 14.7 |
| 22 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 276.40 | 0.4 | 8.4 | |
| 23 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.40 | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| 24 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 3 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 83.66 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
| 25 | Logan Marchi | Temple | FR | QB | 2 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 73.93 | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| 26 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 301.60 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 27 | D'Eriq King | Houston | FR | QB | 5 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 232.67 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| 28 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 29 | Chad President | Tulsa | SO | QB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.80 | 2.0 | 9.0 |