2016 Independent Leaders Yards From Scrimmage - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Rush Yards | Recv Yards | TD | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaal Williams | BYU | SR | RB | 5 | 703 | 76 | 8 | 115 | 779 | 6.8 | 155.8 |
| 2 | Andy Davidson | Army | SO | RB | 4 | 414 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 414 | 5.2 | 103.5 |
| 3 | Equanimeous St. Brown | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 0 | 359 | 4 | 21 | 359 | 17.1 | 89.8 |
| 4 | Marquis Young | U Mass | SO | RB | 4 | 296 | 39 | 1 | 86 | 335 | 3.9 | 83.8 |
| 5 | Josh Adams | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 4 | 238 | 81 | 2 | 57 | 319 | 5.6 | 79.8 |
| 6 | Ahmad Bradshaw | Army | JR | QB | 4 | 280 | 12 | 2 | 62 | 292 | 4.7 | 73.0 |
| 7 | Torii Hunter Jr. | Notre Dame | SR | WR | 3 | 0 | 207 | 1 | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 69.0 |
| 8 | Andy Isabella | U Mass | SO | WR | 4 | 3 | 265 | 1 | 19 | 268 | 14.1 | 67.0 |
| 9 | Adam Breneman | U Mass | JR | TE | 4 | 0 | 231 | 2 | 21 | 231 | 11.0 | 57.8 |
| 10 | C.J. Sanders | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 0 | 215 | 2 | 13 | 215 | 16.5 | 53.8 |
| 11 | DeShone Kizer | Notre Dame | JR | QB | 4 | 186 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 186 | 4.3 | 46.5 |
| 12 | Taysom Hill | BYU | SR | QB | 5 | 224 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 224 | 4.1 | 44.8 |
| 13 | Jordan Asberry | Army | SO | RB | 4 | 161 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 165 | 6.9 | 41.3 |
| 14 | Nick Kurtz | BYU | SR | WR | 5 | 0 | 205 | 1 | 18 | 205 | 11.4 | 41.0 |
| 15 | Tarean Folston | Notre Dame | SR | RB | 4 | 146 | 17 | 1 | 38 | 163 | 4.3 | 40.8 |
| 16 | Darnell Woolfolk | Army | SO | RB | 4 | 162 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 162 | 4.1 | 40.5 |
| 17 | Kevin Stepherson | Notre Dame | FR | WR | 4 | 0 | 149 | 2 | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 37.3 |
| 18 | Chris Carter | Army | SO | QB | 4 | 147 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 147 | 7.7 | 36.8 |
| 19 | Tyler Campbell | Army | SO | RB | 4 | 105 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 34.5 |
| 20 | Colby Pearson | BYU | SR | WR | 5 | 0 | 170 | 1 | 15 | 170 | 11.3 | 34.0 |
| 21 | Jonah Trinnaman | BYU | JR | WR | 5 | 0 | 163 | 1 | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 32.6 |
| 22 | Moroni Laulu-Pututau | BYU | SO | WR | 5 | 0 | 152 | 1 | 15 | 152 | 10.1 | 30.4 |
| 23 | Jalen Williams | U Mass | SR | WR | 4 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 28.5 |
| 24 | Kell Walker | Army | FR | RB | 4 | 70 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 25.0 |
| 25 | Mitchell Juergens | BYU | SR | WR | 5 | 0 | 112 | 1 | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 22.4 |
| 26 | Bernard Davis | U Mass | SR | WR | 4 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 21.8 |
| 27 | Dexter Williams | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 4 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 83 | 6.4 | 20.8 |
| 28 | Joe Walker | Army | SR | RB | 4 | 37 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 19.0 |
| 28 | Edgar Poe | Army | SR | WR | 3 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 19.0 |
| 30 | Elijah St. Hilaire | Army | SR | RB | 4 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 17.8 |
| 31 | Tanner Balderree | BYU | JR | TE | 5 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| 32 | John Robinson-Woodgett | U Mass | SR | FB | 4 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 13.3 |
| 32 | Christian Poe | Army | SO | WR | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 13.3 |
| 34 | Squally Canada | BYU | SO | RB | 5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 12.6 |
| 35 | Chase Claypool | Notre Dame | FR | WR | 4 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 12.0 |
| 36 | Jeff Ejekam | Army | JR | WR | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
| 37 | Algernon Brown | BYU | SR | RB | 5 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 11.0 |
| 38 | Dan Jonah | U Mass | SR | WR | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 9.5 |
| 38 | Durham Smythe | Notre Dame | SR | TE | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 9.5 |
| 40 | Aleva Hifo | BYU | FR | WR | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 9.4 |
| 41 | Hunter Marshall | BYU | SO | TE | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 9.0 |
| 42 | Shakur Nesmith | U Mass | JR | WR | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 8.3 |
| 43 | Cole Macek | Army | SO | RB | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
| 44 | Sadiq Palmer | U Mass | FR | WR | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 6.3 |
| 45 | Quinten Parker | Army | SO | TE | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 6.0 |
| 45 | Corey Holmes | Notre Dame | JR | WR | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 6.0 |
| 47 | Sekai Lindsay | U Mass | SO | RB | 4 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 5.8 |
| 48 | Miles Boykin | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 5.0 |
| 49 | Brayden El-Bakri | BYU | SO | RB | 5 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.2 |
| 50 | Andrew Ford | U Mass | SO | QB | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.