[3][4] Emery was recruited by nine schools for collegiate play and elected to attend Brigham Young University, which is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he is a member.

[2] After his freshman year, he took a two-year hiatus to serve an LDS mission in Mexico, then returned to BYU.

Emery is married,[2] and finished his senior year serving as co-captain of the team alongside Jimmer Fredette and Logan Magnusson.

[5] In Emery's senior season, he was named the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the year.

[11] Jackson currently works for Domo, a business intelligence software company based in American Fork, Utah.