2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - On 3rd Down through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 125 | 80 | 64.0 | 1072 | 3 | 5 | 135.96 | 35 | 60 | 32 | 10 |
| 2 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 12 | 131 | 78 | 59.5 | 1043 | 9 | 6 | 139.93 | 88 | 57 | 24 | 9 |
| 3 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 13 | 119 | 71 | 59.7 | 846 | 10 | 5 | 138.71 | 59 | 46 | 19 | 6 |
| 4 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 14 | 117 | 68 | 58.1 | 961 | 4 | 3 | 133.27 | 56 | 42 | 25 | 10 |
| 5 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 111 | 58 | 52.3 | 661 | 9 | 5 | 120.02 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 4 |
| 6 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 10 | 86 | 53 | 61.6 | 824 | 5 | 2 | 156.65 | 70 | 35 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 13 | 86 | 51 | 59.3 | 529 | 4 | 3 | 119.34 | 45 | 34 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 10 | 85 | 42 | 49.4 | 552 | 5 | 1 | 121.02 | 71 | 23 | 11 | 5 |
| 9 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 74 | 41 | 55.4 | 465 | 1 | 3 | 104.55 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 9 | 74 | 40 | 54.1 | 533 | 0 | 2 | 109.15 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 4 |
| 11 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 7 | 49 | 32 | 65.3 | 414 | 2 | 0 | 149.75 | 77 | 19 | 8 | 3 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 11 | 69 | 27 | 39.1 | 325 | 1 | 3 | 74.77 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 10 | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 421 | 3 | 0 | 229.52 | 47 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| 14 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 5 | 43 | 18 | 41.9 | 270 | 1 | 2 | 92.98 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| 15 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 3 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 157 | 1 | 3 | 106.47 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 5 | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 184.34 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 4 | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 128.21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 103.88 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 5 | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 39.60 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 3 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 152.53 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 133.90 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 6 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 35.50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 308.70 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Ryan Rubley | Tulsa | JR | QB | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 110.90 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 73.60 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 3 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47.77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 47.07 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Chad President | Tulsa | SO | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 175.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 446.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Logan Marchi | Temple | FR | QB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Pete DiNovo | UCF | JR | QB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ron Johnson | UConn | JR | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Frank Nutile | Temple | SO | QB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||