He attended Wells High School where he was a four sport athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball and also was a pole vaulter on the track and field team.
As a sophomore he threw a then-school record 19 touchdown passes and was named All-North Central Conference (NCC).
[3][4] Meyer was selected in the seventh round of the 1966 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, but was cut during training camp.
[5][6] He was later signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers and spent most of the season on the team's taxi squad and briefly was a member of the Wheeling Ironmen of the Continental Football League.
[4] After the end of his playing career Meyer returned to South Dakota State to complete his degree in education, graduating in 1968.