2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. FBS (I-A) Teams 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 | 11 | 9 | 158 | 17.56 | 0 | 0.8 | 14.4 |
| 2 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 12 | 9 | 137 | 15.22 | 1 | 0.8 | 11.4 |
| 3 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 12 | 15 | 111 | 7.40 | 0 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 4 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 12 | 12 | 92 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 11 | 13 | 82 | 6.31 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 11 | 17 | 80 | 4.71 | 0 | 1.5 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Dede Westbrook | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 13 | 5 | 81 | 16.20 | 1 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
| 8 | Armanti Foreman | Texas | JR | WR | 12 | 8 | 69 | 8.63 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| 9 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 12 | 6 | 61 | 10.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 10 | Brandon Jones | Texas | FR | DB | 12 | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| 11 | Barry J. Sanders | Okla St | SR | RB | 12 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| 12 | D'Andre Payne | Iowa State | SO | DB | 11 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| 13 | Joe Mixon | Oklahoma | SO | RB | 12 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| 14 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 12 | 19 | 22 | 1.16 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 15 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 12 | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 16 | Keke Coutee | Texas Tech | SO | WR | 11 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 17 | Deshaunte Jones | Iowa State | FR | WR | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 18 | Lil'Jordan Humphrey | Texas | FR | WR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 11 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 0.6 | -0.5 |
| 20 | LaQuvionte Gonzalez | Kansas | JR | WR | 11 | 5 | -27 | -5.40 | 0 | 0.5 | -2.5 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.