The earth is a sphere that spins around the sun. The humans that inhabit the earth have a demonstrated preference for daylight during the, um, day. With this in mind, the world is split into 24 15-degree slices known as time zones — each one, one hour different from the next.

Utah took advantage of this little factual nugget in getting a jump-start on the 2018 National Signing Day by inking Australian rugby star Thomas Yassmin to a national letter of intent once the calendar turned to Feb. 7 Down Under.

Get ready for another Awesome Aussie Ute! It’s already Wednesday in Australia & rugby star Thomas Yassmin has signed his NLI with Utah as an athlete. Full bio: https://t.co/PJEBIzUHbP #UtahNSD18 #goutes pic.twitter.com/HKe01RGASN

— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) February 6, 2018

Yassmin is a 6-foot-4, 240-pound tight end who is rated three stars by 247Sports despite having never played American football — thanks, at least in part, to that size meshed with a reported 4.5-second 40-yard dash. The Utes beat out UCLA, Oregon, and Washington for his services.