2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - On 3rd Down, 1-3 Yards To Go through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 9 | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 116.31 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 131.41 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 10 | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 142.47 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 9 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 110.72 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 9 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 147.23 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 5 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 128.40 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 7 | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 163.82 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 7 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 136.17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 197.44 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 171.80 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 7 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 80.40 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 5 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 105.78 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 78.35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 5 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 65.53 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 188.20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Rubley | Tulsa | JR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 234.40 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 3 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 79.40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 61.33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 158.80 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 446.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Zach Abey | Navy | 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 | ||||||||||||||||