2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games in October Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dede Westbrook | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 5 | 3 | 74 | 24.67 | 1 | 0.6 | 14.8 |
| 2 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 3 | 3 | 44 | 14.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.7 |
| 3 | Armanti Foreman | Texas | JR | WR | 5 | 7 | 60 | 8.57 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 4 | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 5 | D'Andre Payne | Iowa State | SO | DB | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Barry J. Sanders | Okla St | SR | RB | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 7 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Keke Coutee | Texas Tech | SO | WR | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 11 | Joe Mixon | Oklahoma | SO | RB | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 12 | Deshaunte Jones | Iowa State | FR | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 14 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 17 | Trever Ryen | Iowa State | JR | WR | 4 | 3 | -9 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.8 | -2.3 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.