Safety Charles Woodson calls it a “delight” when he gets to watch Latavius Murray and the Raiders’ offense churn out yards. Defensive end Khalil Mack made a face as though his favorite song just came on when asked if he enjoys watching Murray run.

Murray is 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds and not shy about making contact, as the No. 1 run defense in the NFL learned Sunday. Murray ran through and around the Jets and became the first running back this season to run for 100 yards against them, finishing with 113 on 20 carries (5.7 average).

“I didn’t hesitate,” Murray said. “I wanted to get behind my shoulder pads, make one cut and be downhill. I continue to work at that so I can dish out hits instead of taking them.”

The tall Murray does run a little high every now and then for his coaches’ taste, but he glides, sees holes well and accelerates — not exactly a big target that smaller defensive backs are looking to tackle. On his longest run (26 yards), he got in space quickly on a pitch, ran through cornerback Buster Skrine’s leg-tackle attempt and then sidestepped cornerback Marcus Williams.

“We definitely made a statement against that defense,” said Murray, whose 4-3 team plays the Steelers (4-4) in Pittsburgh on Sunday. “That’s what we want to be and how we want to run the ball, and we did that. It says a lot about us.”

It was Murray’s third 100-yard game in the past 12, after the Raiders didn’t have any in the first 11 games last season.

“He’s a good football player,” Oakland head coach Jack Del Rio said. “He can really put his foot down and go. I thought he ran very decisively.”

Murray has 534 yards on 115 carries (4.6 average) and three touchdowns this year, and is on pace for 1,221 yards. That not only would be the Raiders’ first 1,000-yard season by a running back since Darren McFadden ran for 1,157 in 2010, but it also would be the most yards since Napoleon Kaufman ran for 1,294 in 1997.

Murray points to everyone around him.

“The O-line is putting hats on people and getting me through to the second level,” Murray said. “The receivers are doing a great job of blocking downfield, too.”

The Raiders had a nice game plan Sunday and ran to the edges a lot against the big, physical Jets. Oakland’s athletic offensive linemen moved quickly after the snap.

“We have guys that can run and get outside, so we have to take advantage of that,” Murray said.

Murray took advantage of the bye week to get over a sore shoulder, which bothered him in his two worst games of the season, the losses to Chicago and Denver in Weeks 4 and 5. He had a fumble and a pass that bounced off his chest for an interception in the loss to the Bears, and watched the fourth quarter of the loss to the Broncos from the sideline.

But then the bye week came, and the Raiders have scored 71 points and Murray has 198 yards rushing in the two games since then.

“I don’t think anybody ever is going to be completely healthy in the NFL, but I feel good and I am going to continue to do the things I need to do,” he said. “Take care of my body and give it my all on Sunday.”

Defensive backs around the league just said, “Ole!”

Vic Tafur is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: vtafur@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @VicTafur