2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - From Opponent's 39 to 21 Yard Line through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 13 | 69 | 49 | 71.0 | 717 | 9 | 0 | 201.33 | 37 | 29 | 20 | 14 |
| 2 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 74 | 47 | 63.5 | 708 | 4 | 2 | 156.31 | 39 | 33 | 24 | 8 |
| 3 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 14 | 78 | 50 | 64.1 | 665 | 5 | 1 | 154.31 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 84 | 49 | 58.3 | 605 | 7 | 3 | 139.19 | 38 | 35 | 13 | 5 |
| 5 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 13 | 96 | 45 | 46.9 | 573 | 6 | 4 | 109.32 | 35 | 27 | 16 | 6 |
| 6 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 9 | 82 | 52 | 63.4 | 520 | 5 | 2 | 131.92 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 7 |
| 7 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 12 | 62 | 32 | 51.6 | 371 | 4 | 1 | 119.94 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 8 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 9 | 61 | 31 | 50.8 | 360 | 3 | 2 | 110.07 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 10 | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 351 | 8 | 2 | 205.38 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 10 | 58 | 32 | 55.2 | 351 | 4 | 1 | 125.32 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 39 | 16 | 41.0 | 201 | 2 | 1 | 96.11 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 6 | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 88.11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 5 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 130 | 1 | 2 | 105.80 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 7 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 124.78 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 4 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 100.24 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 2 | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 91.46 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 4 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 199.65 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 3 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 139.55 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 276.40 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 142.20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 94.80 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 690.40 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 122.67 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 35.96 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 2 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 63.52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ryan Rubley | Tulsa | JR | QB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||