2016 Big Ten Conference Leaders Punting - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Punts | Yards | Avg. | Punts/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Gillikin | Penn State | FR | P | 6 | 25 | 1071 | 42.84 | 4.2 | 178.5 |
| 2 | Caleb Lightbourn | Nebraska | FR | P | 5 | 23 | 964 | 41.91 | 4.6 | 192.8 |
| 3 | Hunter Niswander | N'western | JR | P | 5 | 29 | 1183 | 40.79 | 5.8 | 236.6 |
| 4 | Ryan Frain | Illinois | SR | P | 3 | 18 | 721 | 40.06 | 6.0 | 240.3 |
| 5 | Ron Coluzzi | Iowa | SR | P | 5 | 25 | 996 | 39.84 | 5.0 | 199.2 |
| 6 | Wade Lees | Maryland | FR | P | 6 | 30 | 1169 | 38.97 | 5.0 | 194.8 |
| 7 | Ryan Santoso | Minnesota | JR | P | 5 | 32 | 1241 | 38.78 | 6.4 | 248.2 |
| 8 | Joseph Gedeon | Indiana | SO | P | 6 | 22 | 852 | 38.73 | 3.7 | 142.0 |
| 9 | Joe Schopper | Purdue | SO | P | 5 | 20 | 771 | 38.55 | 4.0 | 154.2 |
| 10 | Michael Cintron | Rutgers | SO | P | 4 | 28 | 1055 | 37.68 | 7.0 | 263.8 |
| 11 | Jake Hartbarger | Mich St | SO | P | 5 | 25 | 939 | 37.56 | 5.0 | 187.8 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 3.6 punts per game played.