2016 Independent Leaders Passing - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeShone Kizer | Notre Dame | JR | QB | 4 | 116 | 72 | 62.1 | 1096 | 9.4 | 11 | 3 | 167.55 | 29.0 | 274.0 |
| 2 | Taysom Hill | BYU | SR | QB | 5 | 171 | 102 | 59.6 | 1117 | 6.5 | 5 | 6 | 117.15 | 34.2 | 223.4 |
| 3 | Andrew Ford | U Mass | SO | QB | 3 | 82 | 52 | 63.4 | 551 | 6.7 | 7 | 4 | 138.28 | 27.3 | 183.7 |
| 4 | Ahmad Bradshaw | Army | JR | QB | 4 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 166 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 114.02 | 5.3 | 41.5 |
| 5 | Malik Zaire | Notre Dame | SR | QB | 3 | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 86.06 | 4.7 | 24.0 |
| 6 | Chris Carter | Army | SO | QB | 4 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 1 | 144.16 | 1.3 | 15.5 |
| 7 | Joe Walker | Army | SR | RB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 200.80 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| 8 | Mitchell Juergens | BYU | SR | WR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 175.60 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| 9 | Andrew Libby | U Mass | JR | FB | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Torii Hunter Jr. | Notre Dame | SR | WR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.