Q:Christopher Michael Conte (born February 23 1989) is an American football free safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at California. He is the grandson of the actor Richard Conte. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete