2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games Lost Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 5 | 215 | 128 | 59.5 | 1728 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 138.96 | 43.0 | 345.6 |
| 2 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 7 | 289 | 160 | 55.4 | 1811 | 6.3 | 10 | 11 | 111.80 | 41.3 | 258.7 |
| 3 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 4 | 184 | 125 | 67.9 | 1316 | 7.2 | 9 | 7 | 136.55 | 46.0 | 329.0 |
| 4 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 7 | 233 | 147 | 63.1 | 1673 | 7.2 | 8 | 7 | 128.72 | 33.3 | 239.0 |
| 4 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 6 | 198 | 117 | 59.1 | 1339 | 6.8 | 8 | 4 | 125.19 | 33.0 | 223.2 |
| 6 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 5 | 189 | 106 | 56.1 | 1234 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 115.06 | 37.8 | 246.8 |
| 7 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 3 | 110 | 58 | 52.7 | 861 | 7.8 | 5 | 6 | 122.57 | 36.7 | 287.0 |
| 7 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 6 | 203 | 119 | 58.6 | 1470 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 124.61 | 33.8 | 245.0 |
| 7 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 6 | 223 | 126 | 56.5 | 1258 | 5.6 | 5 | 6 | 105.90 | 37.2 | 209.7 |
| 7 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 8 | 173 | 68 | 39.3 | 805 | 4.7 | 5 | 5 | 82.16 | 21.6 | 100.6 |
| 11 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 4 | 168 | 101 | 60.1 | 1295 | 7.7 | 4 | 7 | 124.40 | 42.0 | 323.8 |
| 12 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 2 | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 347 | 10.5 | 3 | 2 | 154.70 | 16.5 | 173.5 |
| 13 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 6 | 87 | 43 | 49.4 | 456 | 5.2 | 2 | 2 | 96.44 | 14.5 | 76.0 |
| 14 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 3 | 57 | 33 | 57.9 | 593 | 10.4 | 1 | 3 | 140.55 | 19.0 | 197.7 |
| 14 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 3 | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 352 | 10.1 | 1 | 4 | 128.19 | 11.7 | 117.3 |
| 14 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 3 | 76 | 36 | 47.4 | 300 | 3.9 | 1 | 5 | 71.70 | 25.3 | 100.0 |
| 14 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 3 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 218 | 6.8 | 1 | 4 | 108.17 | 10.7 | 72.7 |
| 14 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 3 | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 96 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 84.19 | 7.7 | 32.0 |
| 14 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 344.93 | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 14 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 197.80 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| 14 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 673.60 | 0.1 | 3.6 |