Webster is a Louisiana boy who went to high school in Louisiana and then went to both Louisiana College and then Nicholls State University. He wasn’t drafted after college and ended up playing in the independent Frontier League for Schaumburg for 2013 and 2014. He posted a 2.40 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in 11 starts and 75 innings in 2013 then a 3.36 ERA and 1.21 WHIP over 19 starts and 118 innings in 2014. He made one start in 2015 for Schaumburg, going 7 innings without allowing a run, walking one and striking out six.
The Braves signed Webster from his indy league team in May.