2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 9 | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 365 | 2 | 0 | 200.93 | 70 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 2 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 6 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 146.71 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 12 | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 264 | 4 | 2 | 143.09 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 12 | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 306 | 2 | 2 | 141.37 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 |
| 5 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 11 | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 140.27 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 9 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 132.45 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 13 | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 197 | 5 | 2 | 127.62 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 118.93 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 13 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 208 | 1 | 1 | 114.04 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 12 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 181 | 1 | 1 | 108.94 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 7 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 106.53 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 2 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 103.61 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 9 | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 86.32 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 5 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 73.73 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 7 | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 57.37 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||
Note: To qualify, player must have and have a minimum of 9.0 pass attempts on 3rd down, 4-6 yards to go.