FWST: Tarrant County stars A’Shawn Robinson, Josh Doctson invited to NFL Draft

Josh Doctson got his invite in a phone call last week. It didn’t take the TCU receiver long to accept the NFL’s offer of an all-expenses-paid trip to Chicago for the draft.

“It was a quick yes,” Doctson said in a phone interview Tuesday. “Just growing up watching the draft, this is a good experience for the whole family to get up there. This is like the climax of my collegiate process and the beginning of the next chapter.”

Doctson, who played at Mansfield Legacy, joins Alabama defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson, who played at Arlington Heights, in Chicago along with 23 other prospects, including Baylor’s Corey Coleman, for the April 28-30 draft. It marks the first time Tarrant County has sent two players to the NFL Draft.

Both are projected as first-round picks. …