Raye is a good candidate worthy of consideration. I have no idea why he was not on the list ESPN reported.

Jimmy Raye III vs. Eric DeCosta

Raye:

2008
Rnd Name College
1 Antoine Cason Arizona
3 Jacob Hester Louisiana State
5 Marcus Thomas Texas-El Paso
6 DeJuan Tribble Boston College
7 Corey Clark Texas A&M

2007
Rnd Name College
1 Craig Davis Louisiana State
2 Eric Weddle Utah
3 Anthony Waters Clemson
4 Scott Chandler Iowa
5 Legedu Naanee Boise State
7 Brandon Siler Florida

2006
Rnd Name College
1 Antonio Cromartie Florida State
2 Marcus McNeill Auburn
3 Charlie Whitehurst Clemson
5 Tim Dobbins Iowa State
6 Jeromey Clary Kansas State
6 Kurt Smith Virginia
7 Chase Page North Carolina
7 Jimmy Martin Virginia Tech

2005
Rnd Name College
1 Shawne Merriman Maryland
1 Luis Castillo Northwestern
2 Vincent Jackson N.Colorado
4 Darren Sproles Kansas State
5 Wesley Britt Alabama
6 Wes Sims Oklahoma
7 Scott Mruczkowski Bowling Green

2004
Rnd Name College
1 Eli Manning Mississippi
2 Igor Olshansky Oregon
3 Nate Kaeding Iowa
3 Nick Hardwick Purdue
4 Shaun Phillips Purdue
5 Dave Ball UCLA
5 Michael Turner Northern Illinois
6 Ryan Krause Nebraska-Omaha
7 Ryon Bingham Nebraska
7 Shane Olivea Ohio State
7 Carlos Joseph Miami (FL)

2003
Rnd Name College
1 Sammy Davis Texas A&M
2 Drayton Florence Tuskegee
2 Terrance Kiel Texas A&M
3 Courtney Van Buren Arkansas-Pine Bluff
4 Matt Wilhelm Ohio State
5 Mike Scifres Western Illinois
6 Hanik Milligan Houston
7 Andrew Pinnock South Carolina

2002
Rnd Name College Note
1 Quentin Jammer Texas
2 Toniu Fonoti Nebraska
2 Reche Caldwell Florida
3 Ben Leber Kansas State
4 Justin Peelle Oregon
5 Terry Charles Portland State
6 Matt Anderle Minnesota
7 Seth Burford Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

2001
Rnd Name College
1 LaDainian Tomlinson TexasChristian
2 Drew Brees Purdue
3 Tay Cody Florida State
4 Carlos Polk Nebraska
5 Elliot Silvers Washington
5 Zeke Moreno USC
7 Brandon Gorin Purdue
7 Robert Carswell Clemson

DeCosta:

Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 10 Terrell Suggs OLB Arizona State
1 19 Kyle Boller QB California
3 77 Musa Smith RB Georgia
4 109 Jarret Johnson DE Alabama
4 134 Ovie Mughelli FB Wake Forest
5 146 Aubrayo Franklin DT Tennessee
5 173 Tony Pashos T Illinois
6 182 Gerome Sapp DB Notre Dame
7 223 Trent Smith TE Oklahoma
7 250 Mike Mabry C Central Florida
7 258 Antwoine Sanders — Utah

2004 – Baltimore Ravens
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 51 Dwan Edwards DT Oregon State
3 82 Devard Darling WR Washington State
5 153 Roderick Green LB Central Missouri State
6 187 Josh Harris QB Bowling Green State
6 199 Clarence Moore WR Northern Arizona
7 244 Derek Abney WR Kentucky
7 246 Brian Rimpf T East Carolina

2005 – Baltimore Ravens
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 22 Mark Clayton WR Oklahoma
2 53 Dan Cody LB Oklahoma
2 64 Adam Terry T Syracuse
4 124 Jason Brown C North Carolina
5 158 Justin Green RB Montana
6 213 Derek Anderson QB Oregon State
7 234 Mike Smith LB Texas Tech

2006 – Baltimore Ravens
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 12 Haloti Ngata DT Oregon
2 56 Chris Chester C Oklahoma
3 87 David Pittman DB Northwestern State-Louisiana
4 111 Demetrius Williams WR Oregon
4 132 P.J. Daniels RB Georgia Tech
5 146 Dawan Landry SS Georgia Tech
5 166 Quinn Sypniewski TE Colorado
6 203 Sam Koch P Nebraska
6 208 Derrick Martin CB Wyoming
7 219 Ryan LaCasse LB Syracuse

2007 – Baltimore Ravens
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 29 Ben Grubbs G Auburn
3 74 Yamon Figurs WR Kansas State
3 86 Marshal Yanda T Iowa
4 134 Antwan Barnes LB Florida International
4 137 Le’Ron McClain FB Alabama
5 174 Troy Smith QB Ohio State
6 207 Prescott Burgess LB Michigan
Jared Gaither T Maryland

2008 – Baltimore Ravens
Rd Sel # Player Position School
1 18 Joe Flacco QB Delaware
2 55 Ray Rice RB Rutgers
3 71 Tavares Gooden OLB Miami (Fla.)
3 86 Tom Zbikowski FS Notre Dame
3 99 Oniel Cousins G Texas-El Paso
4 106 Marcus Smith WR New Mexico
4 133 David Hale T Weber State
6 206 Haruki Nakamura FS Cincinnati
7 215 Justin Harper WR Virginia Tech
7 240 Allen Patrick RB Oklahoma

Both have done a great job, but in my opinion, Raye has done the best job. Wonder why he wasn’t one of the finalists?

But if you’re looking at drafts, why no mention of Jimmy Raye III from the Chargers? If you look at San Diego’s drafts side-by-side with Baltimore’s over the time that Raye and DeCosta have been with the respective teams, I don’t know how you can’t clearly say that – although the Ravens have done a very good job – the Chargers have drafted even better. I had no idea who Jimmy Raye III was until this GM search started, other than the fact that his father was with the Chiefs as OC or QB coach about 10 years ago – but the I looked into this guy, the more impressed I became.