2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KaVontae Turpin | TCU | SO | WR | 3 | 4 | 115 | 28.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 38.3 |
| 2 | Trever Ryen | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 39.0 |
| 3 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 3 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 37.0 |
| 4 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 4 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 5 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 4 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 3 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 17.3 |
| 7 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 4 | 9 | 93 | 10.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| 8 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 4 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.8 |
| 9 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 3 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| 10 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 3 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 1.2 punt returns per game played.