From VA to upstate NY a kid with a modicum of hand eye coordination is unlikely to ever make the high school lacrosse team unless it's a small non competitive high school.
Lacrosse is a spring sport. Football doesn't lose players to lacrosse. Its not uncommon for football players to play lacrosse. The greatest college lacrosse player ever is Jim Brown. There's even a Jim Brown rule. Since Brown players have not been allowed to hold the open side of the stick against their chest and run over the opposition.
My son said if lacrosse was a fall sport he definitely would have played.