To be clear on State, the #37 recruit "Taylor" in the 2019 class was AJ Taylor. He was the #37 JUCO recruit. He was not the #37 recruit in the country.
So, in three full seasons under Keatts, State had one top 100 HS recruit actually play for the Pack: #99 Lavar Batts. Batts played ineffectively for one season, and transferred to UNC Asheville.
State's best players to date under Keatts were Markell Johnson, who Gottfried recruited, transfers CJ Bryce and DJ Funderburk. None of Keatts HS recruits have really contributed much as no Keatts-recruited HS player has averaged even 10 ppg in any of Keatts 3 seasons in Raleigh.
FWIW, in 3 seasons, Keatts really has not shown much. There is no doubting that he is John Wooden compared to what the coaching situation has been at WF until last week, but his teams have gone into late-season fade mode, which is a bad sign. They somehow went 0-5 this past season against BC, UNC and GT. State's defense is always soft if you can break their pressure. Also, never have gotten the feeling that his players like playing for him that much (realize that is as subjective as it gets), but when Keatts got the State job, I initially felt like he might take that program to consistent top 20 or better status. Don't feel that way anymore.