2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games at Home Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 2 | Navy | 6 | 6 | 74 | 12.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| 3 | UCF | 6 | 13 | 134 | 10.31 | 1 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| 4 | Tulsa | 6 | 20 | 203 | 10.15 | 0 | 3.3 | 33.8 |
| 5 | Temple | 7 | 14 | 140 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| 6 | Memphis | 7 | 16 | 123 | 7.69 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.6 |
| 7 | South Florida | 7 | 15 | 107 | 7.13 | 0 | 2.1 | 15.3 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 7 | 8 | 37 | 4.63 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| 9 | Houston | 6 | 13 | 43 | 3.31 | 0 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
| 10 | SMU | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 11 | Tulane | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 12 | East Carolina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |