2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games Lost Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 3 | 2 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 2 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 6 | 7 | 55 | 7.86 | 0 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 3 | Trever Ryen | Iowa State | JR | WR | 9 | 9 | 82 | 9.11 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 7 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 6 | 11 | 40 | 3.64 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Michiah Quick | Oklahoma | JR | DB | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| 8 | D'Andre Payne | Iowa State | SO | DB | 8 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Brandon Jones | Texas | FR | DB | 7 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| 10 | Armanti Foreman | Texas | JR | WR | 7 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 11 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 12 | Keke Coutee | Texas Tech | SO | WR | 7 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| 13 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 14 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 15 | Deshaunte Jones | Iowa State | FR | WR | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 16 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 9 | 8 | -1 | -0.13 | 0 | 0.9 | -0.1 |
| 17 | LaQuvionte Gonzalez | Kansas | JR | WR | 10 | 3 | -22 | -7.33 | 0 | 0.3 | -2.2 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.