2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 10 | 385 | 271 | 70.4 | 3003 | 7.8 | 18 | 13 | 144.59 | 38.5 | 300.3 |
| 2 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 10 | 333 | 209 | 62.8 | 2871 | 8.6 | 27 | 5 | 158.94 | 33.3 | 287.1 |
| 3 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 11 | 374 | 225 | 60.2 | 2939 | 7.9 | 29 | 7 | 148.02 | 34.0 | 267.2 |
| 4 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 9 | 311 | 179 | 57.6 | 2248 | 7.2 | 18 | 8 | 132.24 | 34.6 | 249.8 |
| 5 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 6 | 191 | 110 | 57.6 | 1430 | 7.5 | 6 | 4 | 126.66 | 31.8 | 238.3 |
| 6 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 11 | 289 | 166 | 57.4 | 2489 | 8.6 | 17 | 10 | 142.27 | 26.3 | 226.3 |
| 7 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 9 | 243 | 159 | 65.4 | 2025 | 8.3 | 18 | 3 | 157.40 | 27.0 | 225.0 |
| 8 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 6 | 182 | 115 | 63.2 | 1164 | 6.4 | 7 | 5 | 124.12 | 30.3 | 194.0 |
| 9 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 7 | 202 | 119 | 58.9 | 1347 | 6.7 | 8 | 4 | 124.03 | 28.9 | 192.4 |
| 10 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 9 | 300 | 173 | 57.7 | 1723 | 5.7 | 8 | 6 | 110.71 | 33.3 | 191.4 |
| 11 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 11 | 114 | 69 | 60.5 | 1319 | 11.6 | 7 | 3 | 172.72 | 10.4 | 119.9 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 10 | 212 | 88 | 41.5 | 1170 | 5.5 | 10 | 7 | 96.84 | 21.2 | 117.0 |
| 13 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 6 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 86.23 | 2.7 | 11.5 |
| 14 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 8 | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 85 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 95.91 | 2.6 | 10.6 |
| 15 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 9 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 167.36 | 0.6 | 5.8 |
| 16 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 197.80 | 0.4 | 4.8 |
| 17 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 690.40 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| 18 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 310.00 | 0.1 | 3.1 | |
| 19 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 10 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| 20 | D'Eriq King | Houston | FR | QB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 278.00 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 21 | Phil Mayhue | Memphis | JR | WR | 10 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 251.20 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| 22 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 23 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 446.80 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 24 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 9 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 58.40 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 25 | Ron Johnson | UConn | JR | RB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Linell Bonner | Houston | JR | WR | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.