2016 Sun Belt Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games in November Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaise Taylor | Ark St | JR | DB | 4 | 10 | 113 | 11.30 | 1 | 2.5 | 28.3 |
| 2 | Cedarius Rookard | Troy | SO | S | 4 | 7 | 58 | 8.29 | 0 | 1.8 | 14.5 |
| 3 | Brandon McDowell | Texas St | JR | CB | 4 | 6 | 82 | 13.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 3 | Dami Ayoola | USA | SR | RB | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| 5 | Montay Crockett | Ga South | SR | WR | 3 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 0 | 1.7 | 25.7 |
| 6 | Cedric Stone | Georgia St | FR | DB | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Clifton Duck | App St | FR | DB | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 6 | Jaquil Capel | App St | SR | WR | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 9 | Anthony D. Taylor | Texas St | FR | RB | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Marcus Green | La-Monroe | SO | WR | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| 9 | Alfonso Onunwor | Idaho | JR | WR | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 6.3 |
| 9 | Cam Echols-Luper | Ark St | JR | WR | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 13 | Ironhead Gallon | Ga South | SR | LB | 3 | 1 | 66 | 66.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 22.0 |
| 13 | Johnston White | Ark St | JR | RB | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Tony Lashley | Idaho | SO | LB | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 13 | Jaden Wright | NMSU | JR | DB | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| 13 | Quan Howard | Ga South | FR | WR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 13 | Gamar Girdy | NMSU | FR | WR | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| 13 | Gary Haynes | La-Lafytte | SO | WR | 3 | 1 | -3 | -3.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.0 |