2016 Mountain West Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games Won Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quest Truxton | SDSU | JR | WR | 11 | 26 | 226 | 8.69 | 0 | 2.4 | 20.5 |
| 2 | Austin Conway | Wyoming | FR | WR | 8 | 19 | 101 | 5.32 | 0 | 2.4 | 12.6 |
| 3 | Chris Davis, Jr. | New Mexico | JR | WR | 9 | 16 | 122 | 7.63 | 0 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Robert Ruiz | CSU | SR | WR | 7 | 13 | 128 | 9.85 | 1 | 1.9 | 18.3 |
| 4 | Akilian Butler | Boise St | SO | WR | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1.38 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 6 | Tyquwan Glass | Fresno St | SR | DB | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 5.0 | 19.0 |
| 7 | Cedrick Wilson | Boise St | JR | WR | 10 | 4 | 112 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 11.2 |
| 7 | Ronald Cleveland | Air Force | SO | WR | 10 | 4 | 65 | 16.25 | 0 | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Andrew Rodriguez | Utah State | SR | WR | 3 | 4 | 36 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
| 7 | John Ursua | Hawai'i | FR | WR | 7 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 11 | Andrew Celis | Nevada | SO | WR | 5 | 3 | 76 | 25.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 15.2 |
| 11 | Mekhi Stevenson | UNLV | FR | WR | 4 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 13 | Brett Baldwin | Air Force | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 14 | David Williams | SJSU | SO | S | 4 | 1 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.5 |
| 14 | Jentz Painter | Utah State | SR | CB | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 14 | Jonathan Moxey | Boise St | SR | CB | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 14 | Bailey Gaither | SJSU | FR | WR | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Brandon Presley | UNLV | SO | WR | 1 | 1 | -7 | -7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -7.0 |