Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten said Friday he has recommended to Oakland owner Mark Davis that Vikings executive Kevin Warren would be an ideal choice for Raiders president.

Wooten called the Raiders the NFL’s only team without a president, although a few teams do not use that title for the role. The Fritz Pollard Alliance works with the league on minority hiring.

The NFL’s only current minority president is San Francisco’s Paraag Marathe, an Indian-American. Warren, Minnesota’s executive vice president of legal affairs and chief administrative officer, is the NFL’s highest-ranking black team executive on the business side. Wooten said the NFL never has had an African-American team president but calls Warren simply the best candidate.

“He’s exceptionally qualified to be a president and help build the stadium (the Raiders are seeking),” Wooten said in a phone interview with the Pioneer Press. “He knows the NFL. He has everything you need to be an excellent NFL president. He knows contracts. He’s knows the salary cap. He’s been working in the NFL for years. … The Vikings have given him a great bit of responsibility.”

Warren, 51, has been with the Vikings for 10 years and in the NFL for 16. He has played a key role in Minnesota’s stadium effort, with a new indoor facility opening in 2016.

The Raiders had a CEO in Amy Trask, who resigned in May 2013. Since then, they haven’t had an executive who served in a role similar to an NFL president.

Wooten said he talks to Warren “two or three times a week” and has discussed with him the Raiders position. Warren did not have an immediate comment after being reached Friday night.

Wooten said it’s still early in the process for the Raiders. Davis took over as owner after his father, Al Davis, died in 2011.

“Mark is just getting into this,” Wooten said. “When his dad was there, he was running the whole show. It’s taken (Mark Davis) some time to learn what’s going on with the NFL and how it works. I think he’s looking for a president.”

The Raiders did not provide an immediate comment.

“Oakland needs a president, and we feel the one that best fits the situation is Kevin Warren,” Wooten said. “He has outstanding skills. Look at the work he’s done on their new stadium. That’s the guy who’s made that whole thing work. He has worked with the NFL on personal conduct and those type of things. We think Oakland would be head and shoulders up the ladder if they had a guy like Kevin.”

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