2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Total Offense - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 8 | 454 | 2485 | 460 | 2939 | 6.39 | 367.4 |
| 2 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 8 | 11 | 2156 | 307 | 2167 | 7.06 | 270.9 |
| 3 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 8 | -20 | 2140 | 301 | 2120 | 7.04 | 265.0 |
| 4 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 8 | -76 | 2103 | 331 | 2027 | 6.12 | 253.4 |
| 5 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 9 | -21 | 2053 | 277 | 2032 | 7.34 | 225.8 |
| 6 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 8 | 1116 | 1675 | 338 | 2791 | 8.26 | 348.9 |
| 7 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 6 | 171 | 1430 | 274 | 1601 | 5.84 | 266.8 |
| 8 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 7 | 118 | 1375 | 311 | 1493 | 4.80 | 213.3 |
| 9 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 7 | -36 | 1347 | 222 | 1311 | 5.91 | 187.3 |
| 10 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 5 | -26 | 1234 | 229 | 1208 | 5.28 | 241.6 |
| 11 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 6 | 70 | 1164 | 220 | 1234 | 5.61 | 205.7 |
| 12 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 9 | 1007 | 1011 | 286 | 2018 | 7.06 | 224.2 |
| 13 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 8 | 87 | 837 | 244 | 924 | 3.79 | 115.5 |
| 14 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 6 | 12 | 605 | 100 | 617 | 6.17 | 102.8 |
| 15 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 4 | 36 | 262 | 48 | 298 | 6.21 | 74.5 |
| 16 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 3 | -5 | 218 | 42 | 213 | 5.07 | 71.0 |
| 17 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 2 | 64 | 173 | 67 | 237 | 3.54 | 118.5 |
| 18 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 2 | 34 | 165 | 31 | 199 | 6.42 | 99.5 |
| 19 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 3 | 197 | 104 | 39 | 301 | 7.72 | 100.3 |
| 20 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 5 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 73 | 18.25 | 14.6 |
| 21 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 7 | 11 | 69 | 22 | 80 | 3.64 | 11.4 |
| 21 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 6 | -4 | 69 | 21 | 65 | 3.10 | 10.8 |
| 23 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 8 | 450 | 43 | 112 | 493 | 4.40 | 61.6 |
| 24 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 3 | 30 | 38 | 18 | 68 | 3.78 | 22.7 |
| 25 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 628 | 31 | 126 | 659 | 5.23 | 82.4 |
| 26 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 4 | -1 | 30 | 11 | 29 | 2.64 | 7.3 |
| 27 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 3.6 |
| 28 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 5 | 75 | 28 | 37 | 103 | 2.78 | 20.6 |
| 29 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 3.1 | |
| 30 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 8 | 49 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 7.5 |
| 31 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 0.9 |
| 31 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.3 |