2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games on the Road/Neutral Site Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 7 | 17 | 196 | 11.53 | 1 | 2.4 | 28.0 |
| 2 | Jaquil Capel | App St | SR | WR | 6 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 3 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | SO | WR | 7 | 5 | 80 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.4 |
| 4 | Montay Crockett | Ga South | SR | WR | 7 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 0.7 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Brandon McDowell | Texas St | JR | CB | 6 | 9 | 56 | 6.22 | 0 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Elijah McGuire | La-Lafytte | SR | RB | 7 | 4 | 31 | 7.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 7 | Johnston White | Ark St | JR | RB | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 8 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | SO | S | 7 | 9 | 25 | 2.78 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 9 | Clifton Duck | App St | FR | DB | 7 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 10 | Alfonso Onunwor | Idaho | JR | WR | 8 | 6 | 20 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 11 | Kendrick Trotter | Idaho | SR | CB | 8 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| 12 | Dami Ayoola | USA | SR | RB | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 13 | Andrew Aneke | Texas St | SO | CB | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 14 | Jaden Wright | NMSU | JR | DB | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 14 | Shay LaPorte | La-Lafytte | SO | LB | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 16 | OJ Clark | NMSU | FR | WR | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 17 | Tre' Perrier | La-Monroe | SR | WR | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 18 | Levarious Varnado | La-Lafytte | JR | DB | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 19 | Cedric Stone | Georgia St | FR | DB | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Cam Echols-Luper | Ark St | JR | WR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Tyrian Taylor | NMSU | SR | WR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Gamar Girdy | NMSU | FR | WR | 7 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.