The younger Looney attended Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida and R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth.
Head coach Bud Wilkinson kicked him off the team after Looney netted four yards in six carries in a game against Texas.
He was also selected in the sixth round of the 1964 AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, but chose to play in the NFL instead.
He was with the Giants just 25 days before they traded him along with offensive lineman Lou Kirouac to the Baltimore Colts for wide receiver R. C. Owens and safety Andy Nelson during training camp on August 24, 1964.
[1] The Colts traded Looney and an undisclosed draft pick to the Detroit Lions following on June 3, 1965, for linebacker Dennis Gaubatz.
After his retirement from football he converted to Hinduism and joined the Siddha Yoga movement led by Swami Muktananda.
Stan Trout, a fellow convert, alleged that Looney was one of Muktananda's "enforcers" who intimidated people into obeying him.
[7] Looney died at the age of 45, on September 24, 1988, near Luna Vista north of Terlingua, Texas, when his motorcycle ran off a rural highway and crashed into a fence.