Whether by design or by adapting their strategy on the go, the Washington coaching staff focused on game prep during the month of November and put off official visits by recruits until after the regular season. This was a strategy employed by most Husky coaching staffs until Steve Sarkisian arrived and ramped-up game week visits. The thought in favor of December and January visits being that A) visits after the season allow the coaching staff much more one on one time with recruits (and their families) and B) places the visits closer to the decision time for most recruits.

While there was just one known official visitor during the month (WR Jaylinn Hawkins), that doesn't mean the staff wasn't busy with recruiting - they were still evaluating prospects, keeping up the lines of communication, setting up visit dates and handing out new offers. Here's what we know about as we enter December:

Lincoln H.S. (Tacoma, WA) product Jusstis Warren picked up an offer from the Huskies a week ago. He projects as an OLB/DE. Warren suffered a knee injury last year, so coaches have been evaluating him closely this year to see how well he's recovered. He's an impressive looking athlete that probably would have a bigger offer sheet had he not injured the knee. As it currently stands he also reports offers from Cal, WSU, Nevada, Colorado St among others. However he's widely viewed as a strong Husky lean, especially now that he has an offer in hand. He's scheduled to visit this weekend.

Also slated to visit this weekend is long-time WSU commit (and former UW commit) Austin Joyner from Marysville Pilchuck H.S. (Marysville, WA). With the firing of Cougar DC Mike Breske, Joyner has "loosened up" his commitment to WSU according to Josh Liebeskind at the Seattle Times. There's been a growing feeling that the Huskies had a good chance to flip Joyner back from WSU, and the recent upheaval on the staff in Pullman only helps the cause. He's a talented kid that could also excel at RB, but he's locked in to play in the secondary. OL commit Henry Roberts was working on him via Twitter after the Apple Cup:

@Awstin_joynaaa you can always change your mind#UW — Henry Roberts (@TheHen747) November 30, 2014

Things are heating up again in recruiting with coaches out on the road visiting recruits, firming up existing commitments and setting up official visits. Expect the recruiting news to pick up the pace this month and we'll keep you posted on official visits and commitments as they happen.

Lastly, if you haven't done so yet, there's some great recruiting tidbits from the KJR/Dawgman radio show with special guests Brandon Huffman and Taylor Barton from this weekend:

Dawgman Show Hour 1

Dawgman Show Hour 2