2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passing - Games in October 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 | 4 | 154 | 105 | 68.2 | 1094 | 7.1 | 6 | 6 | 132.92 | 38.5 | 273.5 |
| 2 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 5 | 140 | 90 | 64.3 | 1065 | 7.6 | 9 | 2 | 146.55 | 28.0 | 213.0 |
| 3 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 4 | 150 | 95 | 63.3 | 920 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 124.05 | 37.5 | 230.0 |
| 4 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 3 | 100 | 61 | 61.0 | 682 | 6.8 | 5 | 3 | 128.79 | 33.3 | 227.3 |
| 5 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 5 | 186 | 112 | 60.2 | 1435 | 7.7 | 6 | 6 | 129.23 | 37.2 | 287.0 |
| 6 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 4 | 64 | 38 | 59.4 | 720 | 11.3 | 5 | 3 | 170.28 | 16.0 | 180.0 |
| 7 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 5 | 141 | 81 | 57.4 | 1144 | 8.1 | 8 | 5 | 137.23 | 28.2 | 228.8 |
| 8 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 4 | 151 | 86 | 57.0 | 1082 | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 129.79 | 37.8 | 270.5 |
| 9 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 3 | 64 | 35 | 54.7 | 420 | 6.6 | 2 | 3 | 110.75 | 21.3 | 140.0 |
| 10 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 4 | 136 | 74 | 54.4 | 952 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 117.04 | 34.0 | 238.0 |
| 11 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 4 | 156 | 83 | 53.2 | 987 | 6.3 | 9 | 4 | 120.27 | 39.0 | 246.8 |
| 12 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 4 | 78 | 41 | 52.6 | 514 | 6.6 | 6 | 0 | 133.30 | 19.5 | 128.5 |
| 13 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 4 | 95 | 38 | 40.0 | 513 | 5.4 | 4 | 2 | 95.05 | 23.8 | 128.3 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games and have a minimum of 15.0 pass attempts per game played.