2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games in November Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 4 | 146 | 91 | 62.3 | 1116 | 7.6 | 8 | 4 | 139.14 | 36.5 | 279.0 |
| 2 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 3 | 141 | 90 | 63.8 | 909 | 6.4 | 8 | 1 | 135.28 | 47.0 | 303.0 |
| 3 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 4 | 138 | 84 | 60.9 | 927 | 6.7 | 6 | 1 | 130.19 | 34.5 | 231.8 |
| 4 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 4 | 123 | 82 | 66.7 | 1048 | 8.5 | 11 | 1 | 166.12 | 30.8 | 262.0 |
| 4 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 4 | 147 | 82 | 55.8 | 693 | 4.7 | 1 | 3 | 93.54 | 36.8 | 173.3 |
| 6 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 4 | 128 | 75 | 58.6 | 1074 | 8.4 | 12 | 4 | 153.76 | 32.0 | 268.5 |
| 7 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 3 | 96 | 56 | 58.3 | 644 | 6.7 | 4 | 3 | 122.18 | 32.0 | 214.7 |
| 8 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 3 | 70 | 48 | 68.6 | 610 | 8.7 | 5 | 1 | 162.48 | 23.3 | 203.3 |
| 9 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 3 | 71 | 42 | 59.2 | 710 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 160.77 | 23.7 | 236.7 |
| 10 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 4 | 94 | 40 | 42.6 | 492 | 5.2 | 2 | 4 | 85.03 | 23.5 | 123.0 |
| 11 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 76 | 36 | 47.4 | 300 | 3.9 | 1 | 5 | 71.70 | 25.3 | 100.0 |
| 12 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 2 | 49 | 25 | 51.0 | 290 | 5.9 | 0 | 2 | 92.57 | 24.5 | 145.0 |
| 13 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 2 | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 244 | 7.6 | 1 | 2 | 124.36 | 16.0 | 122.0 |
| 14 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 4 | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 376 | 13.4 | 2 | 0 | 204.23 | 7.0 | 94.0 |
| 15 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 2 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 | 165 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 | 178.38 | 10.5 | 82.5 |
| 16 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 106 | 17.7 | 1 | 0 | 270.07 | 2.0 | 35.3 |
| 16 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 3 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 51.92 | 3.3 | 12.7 |
| 18 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 61.47 | 6.0 | 32.0 |
| 18 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 2 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 93.90 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| 20 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 344.93 | 1.0 | 24.0 |
| 20 | Linell Bonner | Houston | JR | WR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 425.00 | 0.7 | 16.7 |
| 20 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | 0 | 395.60 | 0.5 | 10.8 |
| 20 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| 20 | Dane Roy | Houston | FR | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 226.00 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 20 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 20 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.80 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 20 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 58.40 | 0.5 | 0.5 |