[1] Raised in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, Caesar enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2008.

[3] As a junior in 2011, he was elected co-captain of the Michigan men's gymnastic team and won the Big Ten Conference championship in the parallel bars.

[6] There he had hopes to end Bangladesh's distinction as the most populous nation never to have won a medal at the Olympic Games.

[1][6] Caesar's roommate and Michigan teammate, Sam Mikulak, was also chosen to compete in the 2012 Olympics, representing the United States.

[8] In late 2021 Caesar was named head coach for the men's gymnastics athlete resident program at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center.