Scheyer was born in Northbrook, Illinois, and is the youngest of three children of Laury (née Gray) and Jim Scheyer. He was raised in his father’s Jewish religion and became a Bar Mitzvah. He began dribbling a basketball at age three and played in his first AAU national tournament six years later.

Jim and Laury Scheyer are the parents of Jon Scheyer, an American football coach. They are, without a doubt, the strongest pillars of Jon’s professional career. His parents are American citizens who spent their young days nurturing their son’s professional career.