If you want the Giants to play it safe, you do not want any part of Leonard Floyd.

If you want a difference-maker who might be the finishing touch to a rebuilt defense, you want the Giants to write out “Leonard Floyd’’ on their first-round card and rush it up to commissioner Roger Goodell, knowing this will go against the way the team has operated in the draft for the last 32 years.

After all, Floyd is a linebacker, and the Giants haven’t taken one of them in the first round since 1984, when with the No. 3 overall pick they selected Carl Banks out of Michigan State.

Also, Floyd is not a prototypical linebacker. He does not have a set position and perhaps his greatest potential is as a pass rusher, a skill not usually attributed to linebackers who play for the Giants — ever since Lawrence Taylor, that is. At 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds, Floyd has the slender, lithe build of an NBA small forward, with long, lean arms and legs. His college stats at Georgia, are good, not great, but there are flashes of athletic prowess that suggest he can be special.

“He’s a very unique guy,’’ an NFL scout told The Post. “They play him everywhere. You see him from play-to-play, game-to-game, series-to-series, he’ll be out in a wide nine in a three-point stance rushing the passer, and the next play he’s out covering the slot receiver man-to-man 15 yards down the field, then he’s the middle linebacker, then he’s the SAM, then he’s a walk-away WILL. So they’ve used him everywhere, and you see a unique skill set that very few guys have. What wouldn’t be attractive?’’

Well, what might not be attractive is that there could be a boom-or-bust quality to Floyd because most everyone agrees he does not fit into a typical linebacker mold. He had 17 sacks in his three-year career at Georgia, and he is considered in the top handful of pass-rushers in this draft, even though he is not going to beat anyone with his strength. There are concerns if he will be durable and if he is more suited to play in a 3-4 defense, lining up as an outside linebacker. The Giants, who are intrigued, would use him as a weak-side linebacker in their 4-3 front and would almost definitely line him up on the edge in pass-rush situations.

Last season at Georgia, Floyd played on the inside, which is not his best spot, and he had 74 tackles.

“A big strength of my game would be my speed,’’ Floyd said at the NFL scouting combine. “A weakness would probably be me [not] having more than one pass-rush move. I can work on it and come up with a new move that I can go to rather than just using speed.’’

Floyd spent a year at prep school prior to attending Georgia, so he is older than most players in the draft, even though he left after his junior year. Floyd will be 24 by the time the 2016 NFL season begins, and that is not a positive, although it would not be a deal-breaker for any team that deems him worthy of a first-round pick.

Is No. 10 too high for him? Not if the Giants view him as a future star. They have nine linebackers on the roster with NFL experience but only one, Devon Kennard, is considered to be a potential rising star — and Kennard has been unable to stay on the field because of nagging injuries. The Giants added defensive linemen Olivier Vernon and Damon “Snacks” Harrison in free agency along with cornerback Janoris Jenkins.

An impact linebacker who can stay on the field all three downs — that is Floyd’s calling card — would be an ideal addition.

The Giants brought in WR Laquon Treadwell of Ole Miss on Monday for a pre-draft visit. They need a receiver, and Treadwell is considered the best one in the draft, but he would be a massive reach at No. 10. His size and strength, though, would be a nice accompaniment to Odell Beckham Jr.’s great speed.