The 2016 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season.

They were led by first-year head coach Kerwin Bell and played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium in Valdosta, Georgia.

Valdosta State compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the GSC.

They were invited to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to UNC Pembroke.

[1] The Blazers hosted one non-conference game against Albany State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and traveled to one neutral site game against Kentucky State, also from the SIAC.