2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Total Offense - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Rush Yards | Pass Yards | Plays | Total Yards | Yards/Play | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Ward Jr. | Houston | SR | QB | 10 | 493 | 3003 | 549 | 3496 | 6.37 | 349.6 |
| 2 | Dane Evans | Tulsa | SR | QB | 11 | -3 | 2939 | 416 | 2936 | 7.06 | 266.9 |
| 3 | Riley Ferguson | Memphis | JR | QB | 10 | -36 | 2871 | 386 | 2835 | 7.34 | 283.5 |
| 4 | Phillip Walker | Temple | SR | QB | 11 | -22 | 2489 | 335 | 2467 | 7.36 | 224.3 |
| 5 | Ben Hicks | SMU | FR | QB | 9 | -76 | 2248 | 340 | 2172 | 6.39 | 241.3 |
| 6 | Quinton Flowers | S Florida | JR | QB | 9 | 1169 | 2025 | 382 | 3194 | 8.36 | 354.9 |
| 7 | McKenzie Milton | UCF | FR | QB | 9 | 151 | 1723 | 381 | 1874 | 4.92 | 208.2 |
| 8 | Bryant Shirreffs | UConn | JR | QB | 6 | 171 | 1430 | 274 | 1601 | 5.84 | 266.8 |
| 9 | Gardner Minshew | ECU | SO | QB | 7 | -36 | 1347 | 222 | 1311 | 5.91 | 187.3 |
| 10 | Will Worth | Navy | SR | QB | 11 | 1176 | 1319 | 369 | 2495 | 6.76 | 226.8 |
| 11 | Hayden Moore | Cincinnati | SO | QB | 5 | -26 | 1234 | 229 | 1208 | 5.28 | 241.6 |
| 12 | Glen Cuiellette | Tulane | SO | QB | 10 | 142 | 1170 | 305 | 1312 | 4.30 | 131.2 |
| 13 | Philip Nelson | ECU | SR | QB | 6 | 70 | 1164 | 220 | 1234 | 5.61 | 205.7 |
| 14 | Gunner Kiel | Cincinnati | SR | QB | 7 | -4 | 804 | 134 | 800 | 5.97 | 114.3 |
| 15 | Ross Trail | Cincinnati | FR | QB | 4 | 14 | 494 | 89 | 508 | 5.71 | 127.0 |
| 16 | Zach Abey | Navy | SO | QB | 5 | 384 | 352 | 105 | 736 | 7.01 | 147.2 |
| 17 | Justin Holman | UCF | SR | QB | 5 | 39 | 298 | 62 | 337 | 5.44 | 67.4 |
| 18 | Jason Stewart | Memphis | SR | QB | 4 | 62 | 229 | 51 | 291 | 5.71 | 72.8 |
| 19 | Donovan Williams | UConn | FR | QB | 2 | 64 | 173 | 67 | 237 | 3.54 | 118.5 |
| 20 | Matt Davis | SMU | SR | QB | 1 | 91 | 155 | 31 | 246 | 7.94 | 246.0 |
| 21 | Kyle Postma | Houston | JR | QB | 8 | 30 | 85 | 30 | 115 | 3.83 | 14.4 |
| 22 | Tristan Payton | UCF | SO | WR | 7 | -1 | 72 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 10.1 |
| 23 | Garrett Anderson | UConn | SR | QB | 6 | -4 | 69 | 21 | 65 | 3.10 | 10.8 |
| 24 | Nick Patti | UCF | SR | QB | 9 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 77 | 11.00 | 8.6 |
| 25 | Brett Kean | S Florida | FR | QB | 5 | -1 | 45 | 17 | 44 | 2.59 | 8.8 |
| 26 | Johnathan Brantley | Tulane | FR | QB | 7 | 83 | 44 | 52 | 127 | 2.44 | 18.1 |
| 27 | Ke'Mon Freeman | SMU | FR | RB | 9 | 489 | 43 | 117 | 532 | 4.55 | 59.1 |
| 28 | Darrel Colbert Jr. | SMU | SO | QB | 4 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 68 | 3.58 | 17.0 |
| 29 | James Summers | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 628 | 31 | 126 | 659 | 5.23 | 82.4 |
| 30 | Logan Marchi | Temple | FR | QB | 5 | -2 | 29 | 5 | 27 | 5.40 | 5.4 |
| 30 | Tyler Cogswell | Cincinnati | JR | TE | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 2.9 |
| 32 | Tyler Davis | UConn | FR | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 3.1 | |
| 33 | Phil Mayhue | Memphis | JR | WR | 10 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 1.8 |
| 34 | Ryan Rubley | Tulsa | JR | QB | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 5.3 |
| 35 | D'Eriq King | Houston | FR | QB | 8 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 6.9 |
| 36 | Noel Thomas, Jr. | UConn | SR | WR | 8 | 49 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 4.62 | 7.5 |
| 37 | Chad President | Tulsa | SO | QB | 1 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 8.40 | 42.0 |
| 38 | James Proche | SMU | FR | WR | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 1.7 |
| 38 | Zay Jones | ECU | SR | WR | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.3 |