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 | Trever Ryen | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 6 | 156 | 26.00 | 0 | 1.5 | 39.0 |
| 2 | KaVontae Turpin | TCU | SO | WR | 3 | 4 | 115 | 28.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 38.3 |
| 3 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 3 | 5 | 111 | 22.20 | 1 | 1.7 | 37.0 |
| 4 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 4 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | 2.5 | 23.8 |
| 5 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 4 | 9 | 93 | 10.33 | 0 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| 6 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 4 | 5 | 86 | 17.20 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.5 |
| 7 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 3 | 8 | 63 | 7.88 | 0 | 2.7 | 21.0 |
| 8 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 3 | 5 | 52 | 10.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 17.3 |
| 9 | Barry J. Sanders | Okla St | SR | RB | 4 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 16.5 |
| 10 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 4 | 6 | 64 | 10.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 16.0 |
| 11 | Brandon Jones | Texas | FR | DB | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 12 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 3 | 6 | 24 | 4.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Joe Mixon | Oklahoma | SO | RB | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| 14 | Trevor White | Baylor | SO | WR | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.3 |
| 15 | Jayd Kirby | Kansas St | JR | LB | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 15 | Michiah Quick | Oklahoma | JR | DB | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 17 | Armanti Foreman | Texas | JR | WR | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 18 | Jarvis Baxter | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| 19 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 20 | Derrick Neal | Kansas | JR | CB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 21 | LaQuvionte Gonzalez | Kansas | JR | WR | 4 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.