A time-zone difference allowed Utah to reveal its first signee several hours before the second signing period was set to open Wednesday morning.
Prospects are allowed to sign and send in their national letter of intent at 7 a.m. Wednesday, but that time distinction is specific to each players' time zone.
The Utes announced the signing of tight end Thomas Yassmin at 4:54 p.m. ET on Tuesday because Yassmin attends Scots College, near Sydney, Australia -- where it was 8:54 a.m. Wednesday.
That wasn't the only unusual aspect of Yassmin's signing; the Utes found him while he was playing rugby in Australia, and he has yet to even play American football.