2016 American Athletic Conference Leaders Punt Returns - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | G | Ret. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Ret./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy | 3 | 4 | 64 | 16.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 21.3 |
| 2 | Tulsa | 4 | 11 | 172 | 15.64 | 0 | 2.8 | 43.0 |
| 3 | South Florida | 4 | 12 | 137 | 11.42 | 1 | 3.0 | 34.3 |
| 4 | Temple | 4 | 8 | 91 | 11.38 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.8 |
| 5 | UCF | 4 | 8 | 89 | 11.13 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.3 |
| 6 | Memphis | 3 | 11 | 101 | 9.18 | 0 | 3.7 | 33.7 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| 8 | Houston | 5 | 9 | 37 | 4.11 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 9 | SMU | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 10 | Tulane | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3.25 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 12 | East Carolina | 4 | 5 | -2 | -0.40 | 0 | 1.3 | -0.5 |