Meyer was born on August 18, 1997, in Powell, Ohio, to Todd and Holly Meyer. When he was three years old, the Columbus Blue Jackets joined the National Hockey League (NHL), which inspired Meyer to pick up ice hockey. He played one season of lacrosse at Olentangy Liberty High School but quit the sport to focus on hockey. Beginning at the age of 14, Meyer played in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League for the Ohio AAA Blue Jackets. Playing on a forward line with future NHL players Jack Roslovic and Kole Sherwood, Meyer scored 21 goals and recorded 30 assists for a total of 51 points in 32 games during the 2014–15 season. In 2010, Meyer participated in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the AAA Blue Jackets.
After completing his final season of Tier 1 ice hockey with the AAA Blue Jackets, Meyer joined the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League for two games at the end of the 2014–15 season. He then scored 32 goals and 51 points with the Storm during the 2015–16 season, adding an additional five goals and 11 points in 11 postseason games to help his team win the Clark Cup. In 2016, Meyer and Wade Allison of the Storm were selected to play in the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. In two USHL seasons, Meyer had 32 goals, 20 assists, 52 points, and 47 penalty minutes in 58 appearances.
While he was playing with the Storm, Meyer committed to attend Miami University and play college ice hockey for the RedHawks beginning in the 2016–17 season. He scored his first collegiate hockey goal on October 8, 2016, in a 2–1 victory over Providence. After missing four games in November, Meyer went on a six-game point streak. He was an offensive boon for Miami during his first season: his 26 points (10 goals and 16 assists) were fourth on the team, and he recorded at least one point in 21 of 32 games. Minnesota Duluth swept Miami in the opening round of the 2017 NCHC Tournament, with Meyer scoring in Game 1 of the best-of-three series. At the end of the season, Meyer was named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team. That June, Meyer's hometown team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, selected him in the sixth round, 179th overall, of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

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