2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Hansen | Ark St | SO | QB | 4 | 74 | 43 | 58.1 | 746 | 10.1 | 4 | 3 | 152.52 | 18.5 | 186.5 |
| 2 | Taylor Lamb | App St | JR | QB | 4 | 95 | 61 | 64.2 | 684 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 135.74 | 23.8 | 171.0 |
| 3 | Anthony Jennings | La-Lafytte | SR | QB | 4 | 118 | 73 | 61.9 | 852 | 7.2 | 7 | 4 | 135.31 | 29.5 | 213.0 |
| 4 | Garrett Smith | La-Monroe | SO | QB | 3 | 101 | 59 | 58.4 | 742 | 7.3 | 6 | 3 | 133.80 | 33.7 | 247.3 |
| 5 | Brandon Silvers | Troy | JR | QB | 4 | 128 | 77 | 60.2 | 831 | 6.5 | 9 | 3 | 133.20 | 32.0 | 207.8 |
| 6 | Dallas Davis | USA | SO | QB | 4 | 155 | 90 | 58.1 | 1130 | 7.3 | 5 | 5 | 123.51 | 38.8 | 282.5 |
| 7 | Conner Manning | Georgia St | JR | QB | 3 | 85 | 49 | 57.6 | 567 | 6.7 | 3 | 1 | 122.99 | 28.3 | 189.0 |
| 8 | Tyler Jones | Texas St | SR | QB | 3 | 112 | 69 | 61.6 | 603 | 5.4 | 4 | 4 | 111.48 | 37.3 | 201.0 |
| 9 | Tyler Rogers | NMSU | SR | QB | 4 | 163 | 83 | 50.9 | 1102 | 6.8 | 5 | 7 | 109.24 | 40.8 | 275.5 |
| 10 | Matt Linehan | Idaho | JR | QB | 4 | 119 | 63 | 52.9 | 736 | 6.2 | 2 | 1 | 108.76 | 29.8 | 184.0 |
| 11 | Chad Voytik | Ark St | SR | QB | 3 | 51 | 28 | 54.9 | 349 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 108.46 | 17.0 | 116.3 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.