2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - In The 1st Quarter through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 13 | 125 | 87 | 69.6 | 1166 | 13 | 2 | 179.08 | 84 | 46 | 30 | 11 |
| 2 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 12 | 119 | 74 | 62.2 | 1054 | 7 | 3 | 150.96 | 88 | 45 | 28 | 11 |
| 3 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 14 | 105 | 62 | 59.0 | 1032 | 9 | 2 | 166.08 | 67 | 42 | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 131 | 75 | 57.3 | 925 | 6 | 3 | 127.09 | 74 | 37 | 14 | 7 |
| 5 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 114 | 77 | 67.5 | 887 | 4 | 2 | 140.97 | 48 | 38 | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 13 | 85 | 56 | 65.9 | 883 | 8 | 1 | 181.85 | 84 | 34 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 10 | 109 | 75 | 68.8 | 734 | 2 | 1 | 129.61 | 51 | 29 | 13 | 8 |
| 8 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 10 | 100 | 60 | 60.0 | 587 | 4 | 1 | 120.51 | 55 | 26 | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 61 | 36 | 59.0 | 467 | 3 | 2 | 133.00 | 61 | 20 | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 8 | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 334 | 1 | 0 | 178.29 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 9 | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 100.74 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 10 | 41 | 23 | 56.1 | 214 | 1 | 0 | 108.00 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 2 | 20 | 16 | 80.0 | 180 | 3 | 0 | 205.10 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 3 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 103.33 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 2 | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 122.89 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 64.46 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 49.20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 2 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 78.96 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 1 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 137.28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Tago Smith | Navy | SR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 478.00 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 150.60 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 109.83 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -11.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ron Johnson | UConn | JR | RB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||