2016 Independent Leaders Receiving - Games in October Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Rec. | Yards | Avg. | TD | Rec./G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Equanimeous St. Brown | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 16 | 324 | 20.25 | 3 | 4.0 | 81.0 |
| 2 | Adam Breneman | U Mass | JR | TE | 5 | 31 | 391 | 12.61 | 4 | 6.2 | 78.2 |
| 3 | Andy Isabella | U Mass | SO | WR | 5 | 28 | 322 | 11.50 | 5 | 5.6 | 64.4 |
| 4 | Torii Hunter Jr. | Notre Dame | SR | WR | 4 | 15 | 210 | 14.00 | 1 | 3.8 | 52.5 |
| 5 | Nick Kurtz | BYU | SR | WR | 3 | 12 | 105 | 8.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 35.0 |
| 6 | Kevin Stepherson | Notre Dame | FR | WR | 4 | 4 | 138 | 34.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 34.5 |
| 7 | Jalen Williams | U Mass | SR | WR | 4 | 5 | 115 | 23.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 28.8 |
| 8 | Jonah Trinnaman | BYU | JR | WR | 3 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 0 | 3.3 | 28.7 |
| 9 | Colby Pearson | BYU | SR | WR | 3 | 11 | 82 | 7.45 | 1 | 3.7 | 27.3 |
| 10 | Mitchell Juergens | BYU | SR | WR | 3 | 6 | 81 | 13.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 27.0 |
| 11 | Dan Jonah | U Mass | SR | WR | 5 | 5 | 127 | 25.40 | 1 | 1.0 | 25.4 |
| 12 | Jordan Asberry | Army | SO | RB | 4 | 3 | 86 | 28.67 | 1 | 0.8 | 21.5 |
| 13 | Bernard Davis | U Mass | SR | WR | 5 | 8 | 106 | 13.25 | 0 | 1.6 | 21.2 |
| 14 | Christian Poe | Army | SO | WR | 4 | 7 | 84 | 12.00 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.0 |
| 15 | Tanner Balderree | BYU | JR | TE | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.33 | 1 | 1.0 | 19.3 |
| 16 | Sadiq Palmer | U Mass | FR | WR | 4 | 7 | 74 | 10.57 | 0 | 1.8 | 18.5 |
| 17 | Moroni Laulu-Pututau | BYU | SO | WR | 3 | 4 | 48 | 12.00 | 1 | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| 18 | Josh Adams | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 4 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 13.0 |
| 19 | C.J. Sanders | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 7 | 47 | 6.71 | 0 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| 20 | John Robinson-Woodgett | U Mass | SR | FB | 4 | 6 | 43 | 7.17 | 1 | 1.5 | 10.8 |
| 21 | Miles Boykin | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 22 | Travis Reynolds | U Mass | SO | TE | 5 | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 23 | Nic Weishar | Notre Dame | JR | TE | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| 24 | Marquis Young | U Mass | SO | RB | 5 | 9 | 35 | 3.89 | 0 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Jeff Ejekam | Army | JR | WR | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 26 | Joe Walker | Army | SR | RB | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 27 | Durham Smythe | Notre Dame | SR | TE | 4 | 3 | 25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| 28 | Glen Coates | Army | FR | WR | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| 29 | Malik Lee | U Mass | JR | FB | 5 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| 30 | Dexter Williams | Notre Dame | SO | RB | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 31 | Chris Finke | Notre Dame | SO | WR | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 32 | Corey Holmes | Notre Dame | JR | WR | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 32 | Chase Claypool | Notre Dame | FR | WR | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 34 | Sekai Lindsay | U Mass | SO | RB | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 35 | Squally Canada | BYU | SO | RB | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 36 | Algernon Brown | BYU | SR | RB | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 36 | Beau Tanner | BYU | SO | WR | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 38 | Mike McGlinchey | Notre Dame | SR | OL | 4 | 1 | -4 | -4.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.