2016 Big 12 Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Nicholson | Baylor | FR | WR | 9 | 10 | 88 | 8.80 | 0 | 1.1 | 9.8 |
| 2 | Dede Westbrook | Oklahoma | SR | WR | 9 | 4 | 79 | 19.75 | 1 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| 3 | Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | JR | WR | 9 | 10 | 72 | 7.20 | 0 | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Armanti Foreman | Texas | JR | WR | 9 | 7 | 60 | 8.57 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| 5 | Dominique Heath | Kansas St | SO | WR | 9 | 7 | 44 | 6.29 | 0 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| 6 | Trever Ryen | Iowa State | JR | WR | 9 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 7 | D'Andre Payne | Iowa State | SO | DB | 9 | 2 | 28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| 8 | Barry J. Sanders | Okla St | SR | RB | 9 | 5 | 22 | 4.40 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 9 | Jacorey Warrick | Texas | SR | WR | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1.89 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| 10 | Desmon White | TCU | JR | WR | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Gary Jennings | WVU | SO | WR | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1.00 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 12 | Keke Coutee | Texas Tech | SO | WR | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| 13 | Byron Pringle | Kansas St | SO | WR | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 14 | Joe Mixon | Oklahoma | SO | RB | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 15 | Deshaunte Jones | Iowa State | FR | WR | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 16 | Jalen McCleskey | Okla St | SO | WR | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Lil'Jordan Humphrey | Texas | FR | WR | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Allen Lazard | Iowa State | JR | WR | 9 | 7 | -5 | -0.71 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.6 |
| 19 | LaQuvionte Gonzalez | Kansas | JR | WR | 9 | 3 | -8 | -2.67 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.