He will forever be known as the player selected with the pick Ernie Accorsi refused to give up to get Eli Manning. In time, Chris Snee hopes he’s remembered for more than that.

Snee, a guard from Boston College, was taken by the Giants yesterday with their treasured second-round draft pick. GM Ernie Accorsi would not deal that pick, the 34th overall, to get Manning and instead gave up next year’s first-round pick to the Chargers.

Translation: Snee had better pan out.

He plans to.

“I’m not going to come in there and plan on being a backup,” the 6-2, 314-pound Snee said. “My mindset is to be a starter.”

He likely will be. The Giants didn’t get Robert Gallery to anchor their offensive line but they believe they added an immediate starter in Snee, who provides insurance in case Rich Seubert is slow to return following surgery to repair a severely broken leg. If Seubert is fine, Snee figures to move David Diehl out of the right guard spot. Diehl, who started all 16 games as a rookie, could then swing outside to give right tackle a try, competing with newly-acquired Barry Stokes.

“If he doesn’t start we’re in pretty good shape,” Accorsi said. “There’s no doubt he’s going to be a starter. I don’t know if it’s from day one.”

If Manning starts right away, he’ll need plenty of help around him, first and foremost a solid offensive line, a unit that struggled so often last season. “He’s my boy now,” Snee said of Manning. “Got to take care of him.”