2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders All Purpose - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Rush | Recv. | Punt Ret. | Kick Ret. | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 86 | 39 | 380 | 9.7 | 31.7 |
| 2 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | SO | S | 12 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 22 | 178 | 8.1 | 14.8 |
| 3 | Jaquil Capel | App St | SR | WR | 12 | 0 | 290 | 162 | 109 | 44 | 561 | 12.8 | 46.8 |
| 4 | Brandon McDowell | Texas St | JR | CB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 416 | 41 | 577 | 14.1 | 48.1 |
| 5 | Montay Crockett | Ga South | SR | WR | 11 | 25 | 286 | 125 | 173 | 45 | 609 | 13.5 | 55.4 |
| 6 | Dami Ayoola | USA | SR | RB | 13 | 377 | 32 | 71 | 81 | 120 | 561 | 4.7 | 43.2 |
| 6 | Alfonso Onunwor | Idaho | JR | WR | 12 | 0 | 365 | 71 | 0 | 47 | 436 | 9.3 | 36.3 |
| 8 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | SO | WR | 10 | 87 | 300 | 69 | 275 | 62 | 731 | 11.8 | 73.1 |
| 9 | Ironhead Gallon | Ga South | SR | LB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 6.0 |
| 10 | Levarious Varnado | La-Lafytte | JR | DB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 315 | 25 | 362 | 14.5 | 27.8 |
| 11 | Lloyd Hightower | Idaho | FR | WR | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 36 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 6.3 |
| 12 | Elijah McGuire | La-Lafytte | SR | RB | 13 | 1127 | 238 | 31 | 0 | 265 | 1396 | 5.3 | 107.4 |
| 13 | Anthony D. Taylor | Texas St | FR | RB | 9 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 71 | 4.4 | 7.9 |
| 14 | Johnston White | Ark St | JR | RB | 12 | 472 | 64 | 26 | 0 | 114 | 562 | 4.9 | 46.8 |
| 15 | Cam Echols-Luper | Ark St | JR | WR | 12 | 5 | 361 | 24 | 10 | 35 | 400 | 11.4 | 33.3 |
| 16 | Clifton Duck | App St | FR | DB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 17 | Kendrick Trotter | Idaho | SR | CB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1.7 |
| 18 | Myles Campbell | Ga South | JR | WR | 11 | 8 | 337 | 15 | 207 | 43 | 567 | 13.2 | 51.5 |
| 18 | Demetrius Cain | Troy | SR | LB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 2.0 |
| 20 | Jabir Frye | Troy | FR | RB | 9 | 78 | 33 | 12 | 544 | 42 | 667 | 15.9 | 74.1 |
| 20 | Jaden Wright | NMSU | JR | DB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 8.9 |
| 22 | Cedric Stone | Georgia St | FR | DB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| 22 | Tony Lashley | Idaho | SO | LB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.8 |
| 24 | Andrew Aneke | Texas St | SO | CB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| 25 | Dila Rosemond | Texas St | JR | CB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Shay LaPorte | La-Lafytte | SO | LB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| 27 | OJ Clark | NMSU | FR | WR | 12 | 0 | 338 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 343 | 7.8 | 28.6 |
| 28 | Tyrian Taylor | NMSU | SR | WR | 12 | 5 | 391 | 4 | 154 | 33 | 554 | 16.8 | 46.2 |
| 28 | Tre' Perrier | La-Monroe | SR | WR | 10 | 0 | 189 | 4 | 79 | 22 | 272 | 12.4 | 27.2 |
| 30 | Tyler Watts | Texas St | SO | WR | 12 | 0 | 364 | 1 | 23 | 49 | 388 | 7.9 | 32.3 |
| 30 | Quan Howard | Ga South | FR | WR | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 11.0 |
| 30 | Gary Haynes | La-Lafytte | SO | WR | 8 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 78 | 3.7 | 9.8 |