California Golden Bears · EDGE RoomEDGE

#4 Justin Beadles

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Louisville (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'5" · 275 lbHometown  Atlanta, GA · Sandy Creek HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LOLB2

Placement

Backup

Room

LOLB

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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EDGE room context

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Justin Beadles holds the LOLB · Backup spot in California Golden Bears’s lolb room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LOLB · StarterJayden WayneStarter

LOLB · BackupJustin BeadlesBackup

Transfer history

2026Louisville→California Golden Bears

Background & career

Justin Beadles is an outside linebacker from Atlanta, Georgia, who attended Sandy Creek High School before playing college football at Virginia Tech, Houston, New Mexico State, and Louisville. As a senior at Virginia Tech in 2020, he recorded 53 tackles, 9.0 sacks, and 13.0 tackles for loss. After redshirting his freshman year, Beadles appeared in four games in 2020 and played six snaps on the defensive line in 2021. He transferred to New Mexico State for the 2024 season, appearing in all 12 games and logging 20 total tackles with four tackles for loss and a half-sack. Beadles joins California as a redshirt senior and transfer.

Virginia Techthrough 2020

Houston2021 – 2023

New Mexico State2024

Louisville2025

California2026 — present

Previous schoolLouisvilleRecruiting3-star · No. 1043 nationalOriginAtlanta, GA · Sandy Creek HS