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Raye oversees the Chargers’ professional and college scouting departments and assists on player personnel matters. He joined the team in 1996 and spent four years (1996-99) as a scout and eight (2000-07) as director of college scouting. A wide receiver at San Diego State (1986-90), Raye earned a degree in public administration. He left SDSU tied for eighth on the school’s all-time receiving list with 111 catches.

In 1991, Raye signed with the Los Angeles Rams and spent the entire season on their roster. Afterward he went to training camp with the Chargers in ’92 and Houston in ’93.

Raye spent the 1994 season as the wide receivers coach at Irvine High School. He worked for Amsterdam of the World League in April ’95 and then spent the NFL season as an offensive assistant-quality control coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Raye was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. After his family moved to California, he became an all-league quarterback and defensive back at Irvine HS. He also play ed basketball and ran track. Raye’s father, Jimmy Raye II, played for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and spent 34 years as an NFL assistant coach, most recently with San Francisco in 2010.