Brian Kelly seems to be borrowing a page from Jimmy Buffett’s play list in bringing along LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels.

It’s fourth-down somewhere!

Kelly made headway during last season— Daniels is the preseason all-Southeastern Conference quarterback — but the LSU head coach kept hammering away at his pet peeve with his quarterback during spring and August practice.

Take more chances. Bombs away. Stretch the field. Safety valves only as the absolute last resort.

Kelly wants it to become a mind-set. It’s even built into the practice routine.

“What we’ve tried to do …” Kelly said, “Just think of 7-on-7 (drills — every throw is fourth down, so you got one chance here.

“Last year, it was like every throw was first-and-10. It was check down, look for the easiest completion out there. Throw a back shoulder to the tight end even if he’s covered.”

Kelly’s wish list for this season?

“Push the ball vertically, let’s make a play down the field,” he said.

Kelly has even ripped up the coaching manual in suggesting Daniels and the offense might have benefited more in the long run if he’d thrown a couple of more interceptions than the mere three he had while often taking the safer throws.

Progress was made, even more, Kelly said, in the work leading up to Sunday’s season opener against Florida State in Orlando, Florida.

“I think the development in his own mind-set and how he attacks things is probably where we’ve seen that growth,” Kelly said. “That’s been exciting to watch.”

Kelly said he hopes that will be on full display Sunday night in what is not only the opening weekend’s biggest national game between the No. 5 Tigers and No. 6 Seminoles, but also a marquee battle of quarterbacks.

Both Daniels and Florida State’s Jordan Travis have been mentioned as preseason Heisman Trophy candidates with similar dual-threat skill sets.

And while Kelly is certainly not giving the Daniels the stop sign this season, it probably would behoove the offense long term if he doesn’t lead the team in rushing, as he did last season in both rushing (885 yards) and rushing touchdowns (11).

Daniels won’t hesitate to run. It’s a way too ingrained part of the overall threat he presents to defenses,

“It won’t change,” Daniels said. “If I have opportunities on the outside, I’m going to take them. If the defense plays soft and gives me opportunities, I’ll take them. I’m never going to change there. At the end of the day, It’s about winning, whatever I can do to contribute to winning.”

But, as Kelly has noted, his running now fits more into an overall plan as opposed to the helter-skelter.

There are, of course, many LSU plays that were drawn up specifically for Daniels to use his elusive legs, Kelly said. Remember the 25-yard touchdown run that set up his winning 2-point conversion pass in the overtime thriller against Alabama?

It all fit, Kelly said, in “the progression from what we saw (last year) in the first week where a step up in the pocket meant step up and run (and) not making those tight-window throws. I think that’s what we saw during the year was his natural progression of understanding the offense and being more confident.

“We want to see that in Year 2. We want to see that confidence that we saw at the end of the year.”