2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 8 | 325 | 226 | 69.5 | 2485 | 7.6 | 16 | 9 | 144.48 | 40.6 | 310.6 |
| 2 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 8 | 302 | 174 | 57.6 | 2103 | 7.0 | 17 | 8 | 129.40 | 37.8 | 262.9 |
| 3 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 8 | 279 | 161 | 57.7 | 2156 | 7.7 | 19 | 6 | 140.80 | 34.9 | 269.5 |
| 4 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 8 | 263 | 164 | 62.4 | 2140 | 8.1 | 17 | 4 | 149.00 | 32.9 | 267.5 |
| 5 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 7 | 247 | 143 | 57.9 | 1375 | 5.6 | 6 | 6 | 107.82 | 35.3 | 196.4 |
| 6 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 9 | 237 | 139 | 58.6 | 2053 | 8.7 | 15 | 7 | 146.39 | 26.3 | 228.1 |
| 7 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 8 | 210 | 138 | 65.7 | 1675 | 8.0 | 14 | 3 | 151.85 | 26.3 | 209.4 |
| 8 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 7 | 202 | 119 | 58.9 | 1347 | 6.7 | 8 | 4 | 124.03 | 28.9 | 192.4 |
| 9 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 6 | 191 | 110 | 57.6 | 1430 | 7.5 | 6 | 4 | 126.66 | 31.8 | 238.3 |
| 10 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 5 | 189 | 106 | 56.1 | 1234 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 115.06 | 37.8 | 246.8 |
| 11 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 6 | 182 | 115 | 63.2 | 1164 | 6.4 | 7 | 5 | 124.12 | 30.3 | 194.0 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 8 | 169 | 67 | 39.6 | 837 | 5.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.92 | 21.1 | 104.6 |
| 13 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 6 | 95 | 47 | 49.5 | 605 | 6.4 | 6 | 1 | 121.69 | 15.8 | 100.8 |
| 14 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 9 | 76 | 47 | 61.8 | 1011 | 13.3 | 7 | 1 | 201.36 | 8.4 | 112.3 |
| 15 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 2 | 47 | 23 | 48.9 | 173 | 3.7 | 1 | 2 | 78.37 | 23.5 | 86.5 |
| 16 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 4 | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 262 | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | 103.74 | 8.8 | 65.5 |
| 17 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 3 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 218 | 6.8 | 1 | 4 | 108.17 | 10.7 | 72.7 |
| 18 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 2 | 21 | 17 | 81.0 | 165 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 | 178.38 | 10.5 | 82.5 |
| 19 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 6 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 86.23 | 2.7 | 11.5 |
| 19 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 7 | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 92.48 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| 21 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 3 | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 104 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 90.28 | 4.3 | 34.7 |
| 21 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 5 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 48.86 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| 23 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 3 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 1 | 51.92 | 3.3 | 12.7 |
| 24 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 4 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 83.56 | 2.3 | 7.5 |
| 25 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 197.80 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| 26 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 344.93 | 0.6 | 14.4 |
| 27 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 8 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 58.40 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 28 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 690.40 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| 28 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| 28 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 310.00 | 0.1 | 3.1 | |
| 28 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.40 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 28 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 446.80 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 28 | Ron Johnson | UConn | JR | RB | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 28 | D'Eriq King | Houston | FR | QB | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Linell Bonner | Houston | JR | WR | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 |