2016 Sun Belt 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 | Jaquil Capel | App St | SR | WR | 4 | 7 | 105 | 15.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 26.3 |
| 1 | Brandon McDowell | Texas St | JR | CB | 4 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Dami Ayoola | USA | SR | RB | 4 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | SO | S | 3 | 6 | 30 | 5.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| 6 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | SO | WR | 5 | 5 | 33 | 6.60 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Levarious Varnado | La-Lafytte | JR | DB | 3 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
| 8 | Tre' Perrier | La-Monroe | SR | WR | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 8 | Cedric Stone | Georgia St | FR | DB | 5 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| 10 | Kendrick Trotter | Idaho | SR | CB | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 10 | Andrew Aneke | Texas St | SO | CB | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| 10 | OJ Clark | NMSU | FR | WR | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 10 | Alfonso Onunwor | Idaho | JR | WR | 4 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 10 | Cam Echols-Luper | Ark St | JR | WR | 3 | 1 | -9 | -9.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -3.0 |