Delmonico Lamont Monty Montgomery (born December 8 1973 in Dallas Texas) is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Indianapolis Colts (19971999) the San Francisco 49ers (19992000) the Philadelphia Eagles (2001) and the New Orleans Saints (2004). 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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