2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | SO | S | 6 | 12 | 147 | 12.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 24.5 |
| 1 | Dami Ayoola | USA | SR | RB | 7 | 14 | 60 | 4.29 | 0 | 2.0 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 6 | 12 | 29 | 2.42 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
| 4 | Montay Crockett | Ga South | SR | WR | 5 | 7 | 48 | 6.86 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Brandon McDowell | Texas St | JR | CB | 6 | 7 | 105 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.2 | 17.5 |
| 5 | Jaquil Capel | App St | SR | WR | 6 | 7 | 85 | 12.14 | 0 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
| 5 | Alfonso Onunwor | Idaho | JR | WR | 5 | 6 | 51 | 8.50 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.2 |
| 8 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | SO | WR | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| 9 | Cam Echols-Luper | Ark St | JR | WR | 6 | 5 | 24 | 4.80 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 10 | Cedric Stone | Georgia St | FR | DB | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| 11 | Levarious Varnado | La-Lafytte | JR | DB | 6 | 3 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| 12 | Myles Campbell | Ga South | JR | WR | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Lloyd Hightower | Idaho | FR | WR | 4 | 1 | 33 | 33.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 13 | Tyler Watts | Texas St | SO | WR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 15 | Ironhead Gallon | Ga South | SR | LB | 5 | 1 | 66 | 66.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 13.2 |
| 15 | Jabir Frye | Troy | FR | RB | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Tony Lashley | Idaho | SO | LB | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 15 | Jaden Wright | NMSU | JR | DB | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 15 | Tyrian Taylor | NMSU | SR | WR | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| 15 | Anthony D. Taylor | Texas St | FR | RB | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 15 | Clifton Duck | App St | FR | DB | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.